I'm a little late to the "gender bias in particle physics" party, where Zuska, DrugMonkey, YoungFemaleScientist, and others too numerous to mention have been tossing back some brewskis and fending off the slobbering gibberish of ridiculous misogynist douchewheels like Gerard...
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Posted on April 26, 2008 10:13 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Zuska already mentioned the report from Sherry Towers on gender bias at the Fermilab in Illinois. This week, however, a news focus in Nature by Geoff Brumfiel takes up the story....
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Posted on April 25, 2008 6:23 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The irrepressible PhysioProf had a recent post pointing out, among other things, that women had motivation to blog pseudonymously in part because of a certain species of stalker-commenter. In the discussion I arrived back at a more traditional topic for...
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Posted on April 8, 2008 4:33 AM • 39 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
According to this online dictionary, offended is defined, in part, thusly: (v. tr.) 1. To cause displeasure, anger, resentment, or wounded feelings in. I've been thinking about the concept of giving / taking offense and/or the state of being offended...
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Posted on March 20, 2008 12:52 AM • 37 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
