Geena Davis Quotes

Girls need to see somebody that looks like them talking about science and technology.

In science, technology, engineering and mathematics, men far outnumber women in the classroom and the boardroom.

I've had young women come to me and say that before they watched 'Voyager' it didn't really occur to them that they could be successful in a higher position in the field of science; girls going to MIT, girls pursuing astrophysics with a view to a career in NASA.

There is so much talent among our young people; I hope the women in 'Hidden Figures' inspire them.

To make computer science more attractive to women, we might help young women change how they think about themselves and what's expected of them. But we might also diversify the images of scientists they see in the media, along with the decor in the classrooms and offices in which they might want to study or work.

By highlighting female pioneers in STEM, we can encourage aspiring young women who want to study or work in these fields.

So many young black women love science, technology, engineering, and maths. But that's not the widely held image of the kind of person who likes those things.

I hope to continue to inspire our nation's youth to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math so they, too, may reach for the stars.

Boosting STEM education opportunities for young women globally is one critical way that the U.S. can promote women's equality, as well as economic development, around the world.

Aside from introducing and supporting legislation to help close the gender gap in STEM, I believe that shining the spotlight on female role models is one of the best ways we can break the gender stereotype.

The gender disparity in STEM is depriving our country of talented minds that could be inventing the next breakthrough technology, founding the next big startup or keeping our nation safe from cyberattacks.

The STEM fields play an increasingly important role in the U.S. economy, but women are still underrepresented in most STEM sectors.

I think that for a lot of women there's a subtle but unfortunately effective discouragement of women pursuing the STEM fields.

Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women.

I don't think about the gender thing very much. But when I speak at schools, I've had female students say to me afterwards, "I never envisioned myself being a director, since I've never seen women do it." But after seeing me, they can picture themselves directing, so maybe we'll see more female directors.

The scientists I looked up to at the beginning were not Latino. They were famous scientists of many years ago, like Madame Curie. Later, I realized that there were also, but a very few, Latino scientists. There were good ones, but very few, because there wasn't as much a tradition to be a scientist in our culture. But this is changing.

If we want to get beyond this whole I'm-cool-because-I-care-about-women thing, what we really need to do is we have to start encouraging women to get engineering degrees in college.

One of the reasons I like working with schools is to try to convince women that they can be scientists and that science can be fun.

I feel it is now my duty to speak to young women, to encourage them to have careers and, particularly, careers in science.

I want young women to see my name on 'Avengers Assembled' and to know that there are women who write mainstream superhero comics, and if it is something that interests them, it can be done.

I think actively promoting women in science is very important because the data has certainly shown that there has been an underrepresentation.

We need Hollywood to make movies and television shows about sexy female engineers.

When I was a physics major in the late 1970s, my very few fellow female students and I had high hopes that women would soon stand equal with men in science. But progress has proved slower than many of us imagined.

Though we do need more women to graduate with technical degrees, I always like to remind women that you don't need to have science or technology degrees to build a career in tech.

Very few women are creative. I would not send a daughter of mine to study physics.