Dr. Leung 梁博士 In universities in Hong Kong, the gender ratio in physics departments is highly imbalanced, with significantly fewer women than men. However, as a female physicist, I believe it’s a complete misconception to think that women are not good at physics or are unsuited for the field. More often than not, it’s a matter of perception of the environment. When you’re a high school girl and see that physics appears to be dominated by men, the lack of female representation can make the field seem less appealing or even intimidating. When I pursued my PhD in United States, I noticed that the proportion of women in physics was relatively higher compared to Hong Kong. Through interactions with my male and female peers, I observed no fundamental differences in thinking or research capabilities between genders. Most of the differences I noticed stemmed from individual personalities rather than gender itself. From my experience, there is no inherent gender barrier when it comes to studying physics. My motivation for choosing physics was simple: I was fascinated by it. As long as someone has a genuine interest in physics, regardless of their gender, they can and should pursue it. That said, it’s undeniable that societal stereotypes and the current gender imbalance in the field still make women a minority in physics. I hope this phenomenon will change over time, inspiring more women who are passionate about physics to step into the field and thrive. 在香港的大學裡，物理系的男女比例非常不平衡，女性的數目遠比男性少。可是，如果有人認為女生不擅 長物理或不適合進入物理界，作為一名女性物理學家，我覺得這完全是一種誤解，因為更多時候這只是環境 氛圍的影響。當你是一名女高中生，看見物理似乎是由男生主導，缺乏女性的情況可能減低你對物理的興趣， 甚至因而感到卻步。我在美國讀博士時，發現那裡物理系女性的比例相對香港高。從與同學的互動中，我並沒 有感受到男女在思維模式或科研能力上有任何本質上的差別；大部分差別反而來自個人性格不同，而非性別 本身。 從我的經歷來看，修讀物理並不存在性別上的阻礙。我選擇物理的初衷很簡單，就是我被它深深吸引。只 要對物理感興趣，無論男女，都可以和應該投身這個學科。儘管如此，無可否認由於社會上的刻板印象和現時 這個範疇上的性別比例不平衡，女性在物理領域上仍然是少數，但我希望這種現象能隨時間改變，讓更多有 熱誠的女生選擇物理，並在這個領域中發光發熱。 25 Visit the following webpage to read the Complete interview! 瀏覽以下網頁以閱讀完整專訪！
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