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Am I reading too much into the title? Seems like whenever there's a new thing made by female the titles have to emphasize it, almost like it's out of the ordina

by ljk 11y ago

Am I reading too much into the title? Seems like whenever there's a new thing made by female the titles have to emphasize it, almost like it's out of the ordinary for women to make something. I can't remember titles like "How one man made something..." or "How a team of only men made this..." The accomplishments are impressive regardless of gender!

isaaaaah 11y ago
“He (The Prince) must separate the people. And if the people cling to one another and refuse to part, then you must picture them as if they were in a pit and eventually they will push one of their own to the top to be their leader. And when they do, you must grab their hand and fling them to the mountain top with the villa. And if they refuse the villa you must cut his head off.”
fao_ 11y ago
Hmm, it seems to me that it is part of an attempt to get women interested in these fields; along the lines of "Oh there are successful women in this field, you could be just like them". However, although role models help, I do not believe[0] this is the right way to go. Actively advertising that "X thing/project was made/led by a woman!" implies on some level that it is special event, and unusual. I think perhaps we would have better success with subtle raising of the exposure of women in the industry[1], so instead of explicitly mentioning the gender, have a higher frequency of posts and news articles where women were the lead of projects or of teams that have a majority of women researchers. In short: I think that increasing the public's perception of how many women there are in a field without drawing attention to it as a special case, would increase the amount of women studying in the field. At the same time, this is more difficult to implement. So unless a bunch of newspapers collaborate on this, it seems that we are stuck with the former for now. [0]: I am always willing to be proven incorrect, however :) [1]: And also with investing more effort into preventing the rejection and pushing away of women who are studying.

by ljk 11y ago

isaaaaah 11y ago

“He (The Prince) must separate the people. And if the people cling to one another and refuse to part, then you must picture them as if they were in a pit and eventually they will push one of their own to the top to be their leader. And when they do, you must grab their hand and fling them to the mountain top with the villa. And if they refuse the villa you must cut his head off.”

fao_ 11y ago

Hmm, it seems to me that it is part of an attempt to get women interested in these fields; along the lines of "Oh there are successful women in this field, you could be just like them". However, although role models help, I do not believe[0] this is the right way to go. Actively advertising that "X thing/project was made/led by a woman!" implies on some level that it is special event, and unusual. I think perhaps we would have better success with subtle raising of the exposure of women in the industry[1], so instead of explicitly mentioning the gender, have a higher frequency of posts and news articles where women were the lead of projects or of teams that have a majority of women researchers. In short: I think that increasing the public's perception of how many women there are in a field without drawing attention to it as a special case, would increase the amount of women studying in the field. At the same time, this is more difficult to implement. So unless a bunch of newspapers collaborate on this, it seems that we are stuck with the former for now. [0]: I am always willing to be proven incorrect, however :) [1]: And also with investing more effort into preventing the rejection and pushing away of women who are studying.