So – I just got an email from an administrator. After discussing the business at hand, he ends the email by requesting that I change the “tone” of my emails. Setting aside for a moment that “tone” is not easily discernible in written correspondence, here are my issues with a male administrator telling me, aContinue reading “Gaslighting and Implicit Bias – Academic Style”
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My Experiences With Sexism in Science
I think I have finally had it. I am sick of women being told to “put up with” sexist behavior because to speak up would be career suicide. I am sick of the defenders of academics who prey on students. I am sick of seemingly smart people spouting stereotypes that portray women as somehow differentContinue reading “My Experiences With Sexism in Science”
Awesome Photos of Real Women In Science
The Tim Hunt debacle has had a positive side effect: The subsequent twitter #distractinglysexy campaign produced an slew of photos showing REAL women doing REAL science and engineering. Check it out! Bonus points if you can find me…
The Myth About Women in Science? Bias in the Study of Gender Inequality in STEM
Originally posted on The Other Sociologist:
A new article on CNN by psychology professors, Wendy Williams and Stephen Ceci, boldly proclaims that gender bias in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is a myth. Their research has been published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Unfortunately, their work has a flawed methodological premise and their conclusions…
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