Noun: "(neologism) the movement to improve the representation of women in STEM fields, and to remove professional, academic, and social barriers to women's advancement"
2016, "Standout Students", Arkansas Times, 28 April 2016, page 15:
Taryn's interests range from robotics to swing dance (she's captain of both clubs at ASMSA), but “STEMinism” has given her a righteous cause.
2017, Jessica Jen, "STEMinism: a step for gender equality", The Smoke Signal (Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, CA), 3 March 2017, page 3:
"STEMinism" is necessary in order to overcome the current stereotype that boys are more suited for careers in hard sciences.
2019, Kristen Myers, Courtney Gallaher, & Shannon McCarragher, "STEMinism", Journal of Gender Studies, Volume 28, Issue 6:
STEMinism places the onus on the individual student or scientist to succeed in STEM fields rather than interrogating and removing structural barriers to success.
2020, Sofia Scataglini & Estela Perez Luque, "Closing the Gender Gap in DHM", in DHM2020: Proceedings of the 6th International Digital Human Modeling Symposium, August 31 - September 2, 2020 (eds.D. Högberg, E. Brolin, & L. Hanson), page 409:
STEMinism campaigns are growing up but if these campaigns are promoted by only women the engagement will be more difficult [17-18].
2022, Ennea Fairchild, Harmony Newman, Julie Sexton, Kevin Pugh, & Eric Riggs, "‘Not to be stereotypical, but .’: Exclusive and inclusive gendered discourses about geology field experiences", Journal of Gender Studies, Volume 31, Issue 4:
We use the STEMinism framework to understand how gendered discourse can reinforce and/or disrupt gendered norms regarding expectations for women’s behaviours in a male-dominated STEM discipline.