[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: Some interesting thoughts on "benevolent sexism"

[Liz Henry]

Always fun when that comes up during job interviews and the male
interviewers act really puzzled and pleased at how I ever "got into
computers" in the first place. I might as well have 3 heads.


On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 3:23 PM, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 to Stereotype Threat -- important.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Alexandra Glowaski <
> alex.glowaski at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'll just leave this here
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotype_threat
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Garrett Smith <dhtmlkitchen at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Posting order restored.
>>>
>>> On 4/5/13, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > On 4/5/13 2:30 PM, Garrett Smith wrote:
>>> >> On 4/4/13, Rachel McConnell <rachel at xtreme.com> wrote:
>>> >>> I always kinda wondered why I cringe when someone is astonishedly
>>> >> Astonishingly.
>>> >>
>>> >>> pleased that as a woman I [code|weld|CAD|etc].  That ought to be a
>>> >>> compliment, right?  Excellent discussion here.  Go Sci-Am!
>>> >>>
>>> >> Men and women have different brain matter and this may well explain
>>> >> why men tend to excel at math, logic, mental rotation, problem solving
>>> >> and the like and why fewer women tend to seek out careers which
>>> >> require such skills.
>>> >> are you fucking kidding me?
>>> >
>>> I can see you're getting frustrated! Try and calm yourself down. Take
>>> a deep breath and RELAX, Rachel! Nobody is hurting you, OK?
>>>
>>> Are men really different than women? I hate to be captain obvious, but
>>> yes, men are different than women (don't shoot the messenger!)
>>>
>>> Try searching some of those terms. Here's a good one: "mental rotation"
>>> sex.
>>>
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