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Tutorial Mode is also seen in politics and the work place, in fields like STEM. For example, women only take up about 20-30% of STEM college fields, yet represent 50% of workplace positions in STEM. | Tutorial Mode is also seen in politics and the work place, in fields like STEM. For example, women only take up about 20-30% of STEM college fields, yet represent 50% of workplace positions in STEM. | ||
==Origin of the term== | ==Origin of the term, "Femoid"== | ||
Women were upset that [[autism|autists]] were being autists (not new) and complained incels were using the scientific term 'female' instead of 'woman' in incel forums. In response to the complaint being dumb, as you can't always substitute 'woman' for 'female', many incels stopped using the word 'female'. And instead chose chose a more dehumanizing term, 'femoid', to make fun of women hating the word 'female' and to make fun of their own autism. | Women were upset that [[autism|autists]] were being autists (not new) and complained incels were using the scientific term 'female' instead of 'woman' in incel forums. In response to the complaint being dumb, as you can't always substitute 'woman' for 'female', many incels stopped using the word 'female'. And instead chose chose a more dehumanizing term, 'femoid', to make fun of women hating the word 'female' and to make fun of their own autism. | ||