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Sorry if I didn't make it clear, I was not trying to "attack" the article. I think my anecdote was relevant but my main aim was to share an event I experienced,
by xvedejas 8y ago
Sorry if I didn't make it clear, I was not trying to "attack" the article. I think my anecdote was relevant but my main aim was to share an event I experienced, not to win an argument or craft a straw man. I do think there was a real problem in the event I described, and anyone who has the goal of helping STEM fields needs to avoid those specific pitfalls. You are arguing past me.
- gwn7 8y agoThanks for the clarification. I guess I was a bit defensive myself as well, being a former humanities guy and a current engineer. I was just really bothered by the statement "Her presentation was a lot of the sort of thing that this article is trying to do: shaming STEM folks ...", as I didn't think at all that this was what the article is trying to do.