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The IAS is sexist
by newnewnew 13y ago
The IAS is sexist
- VladRussian2 13y agoand racist. And if my subjective impression is true, there are some other biases as well. Basically this picture looks like our University math department 25 years ago, may be add a few more very old professors. to the parent - by now, man, you probably know that a lot of people with downvoting karma here do lack a sense of humor and/or have very low tolerance for sarcasm. The main impact of XML innovation on human civilization is the ability to use <sarcasm> in an environment like this to at least minimize the wrath of the former group. Nothing though can help with the latter.
- pseut 13y agoI have a sense of humor and high tolerance for sarcasm, and didn't downvote. But look at the long thread of sibling & niece/nephew comments to yours. Do you really think that the parent's comment led to any further useful discussion?
- obviouslygreen 13y agoIs there some sort of evidence behind this statement or is it just the usual "x is sexist/racist/ageist/etc." based on a photo and the assumption that there's some sort of agenda behind selection when there's any sort of clear majority that's male and/or white? I'm asking honestly because I can't tell any more.
- danbruc 13y agoMost likely the statement was not meant to be taken to seriously but falls a bit short of being funny.
- newnewnew 13y agoYou don't believe that there is some sort of institutional sexism in mathematics, manifested here in a very skewed gender ratio?
- DigitalJack 13y agoI don't. What I do believe is that differences exist between men and women beyond genitalia.
- newnewnew 13y agoYou don't think that's a quite outdated, even reactionary way of thinking?
- cema 13y agoReactionary to what?
- Jach 13y agohttp://slatestarcodex.com/2013/03/03/reactionary-philosophy-in-an-enormous-planet-sized-nutshell/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/03/03/reactionary-philosophy-...
- jere 13y agoApparently, I didn't know what reactionary meant. In case I'm not the only one, I'll link to the wikipedia page and hope it does a better job explaining the term than the 15,000 word article posted by Jach. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactionary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactionary
- camelite 13y agoThe statement would have been true millenia ago and will probably remain true beyond all our lifetimes. So not necessarily.
- lucian1900 13y agoMere belief is dangerous. Do you have proof? Until you do, don't assume the set of things women are inherently suitable for/interested in/able to do is not the same as for men.