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"""The OP isn't saying "let's not offend anybody." She's asking conference speakers and organizers to maintain a minimal level of professionalism and respect as
by dextorious 15y ago
"""The OP isn't saying "let's not offend anybody." She's asking conference speakers and organizers to maintain a minimal level of professionalism and respect as is standard in pretty much any other industry."""
So basically make it as boring as an insurance convention...
- cosgroveb 15y agoSo not being sexist makes an industry boring? Maybe we need to throw in some racism and make things even more edgy!
- tzs 15y agoWhat slides from the presentation were sexist?
- dextorious 15y ago"So not being sexist makes an industry boring?" No, but being self-important and all-too-cautious and "professional" makes it.
- jonhendry 15y agoI doubt neuroscience conference sessions these kinds of problems. There might be sexists, especially among older faculty. But they probably have the good judgement to not put it in their talks.