Normative Heterosexuality In ScienceLand
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You will be wanting to read my excellent essay, 'Suzy the Computer' vs. 'Dr. Sexy': What's a Geek Girl to Do When She Wants to Get Laid? in She's Such a Geek! Women Write About Science, Technology, and Other Nerdy Stuff.
If you have not yet figured out why you shoud not be using terms like "hard science" and "soft skills", then you absolutely need to read Telling Stories About Engineering: Group Dynamics and Resistance to Diversity in NWSA Journal v. 16 No. 1, 2004 (Re)Gendering Science Fields.
You should also read They Blinded Me With Science: Misuse and Misunderstanding of Biological Theory, an excellent critique of Thornhill and Palmer's nonsense about rape as an evolutionary strategy. You can find it in Burack and Josephson's must-read tome, Fundamental Differences: Feminists Talk Back to Social Conservatives.
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Gratuitous Sexism:
Selling Your Blog With Cheesecake
Afarensis, I puke upon your pseudonymous shoes.Posted on March 6, 2008 4:34 PM • 15 Comments •
Jim Watson, Seed Adviser: A Slap In The Face To Those Who Care About Science And Equity
In the face of that, I have to seriously ask myself if I should stick with Scienceblogs.Posted on February 12, 2008 12:46 PM • 24 Comments •
Watson Stoops to New Lows in Calling Franklin Autistic
Not, of course, that how he sees it bears any relationship to reality.Posted on October 16, 2007 1:17 PM • 19 Comments •
Scholarships for "Special" People
Chem Blog needs some serious shoe-puking.Posted on September 27, 2007 11:55 AM • 22 Comments •
The Authorities: Always Looking Out For Women
Potential academic rapists, take note: if you want to get off with just the minor inconvenience of house arrest, make sure to portray yourself as doing research of immense "societal value".Posted on September 12, 2007 4:01 PM • 4 Comments •
Mosquito Men
Female Science Professor works with Professor Troll. Perhaps many of you have a similar colleague or acquaintance. What do you do when you constantly have to rub shoulders with Professor Troll's ilk? Like mosquitoes in summer, they buzz around strong,...Posted on September 11, 2007 4:59 PM • 1 Comments •
So Just What Is Nature Doing???
This is puzzling...surely if Nature had already updated its mission statement, it would not need to write an editorial about updating its mission statement, right?Posted on August 20, 2007 11:07 AM • 5 Comments •
Nature Sticks One Toe In the Early 20th Century
...physicists are studying how Nature has managed to warp the space-time continuum...Posted on August 16, 2007 7:54 PM • 22 Comments •
Female Science Professor's Scary Stories
We learn our gender politics early and often, and in the strangest of places.Posted on August 15, 2007 6:59 PM • 4 Comments •
Math Confuses Princess: I Read It In Seed
I am so not making this up.Posted on July 9, 2007 2:41 PM • 21 Comments •
