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The place where I come from...is a small town. Coalfields of the Appalachian Mountains
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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Sex Offenders:
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 •
Joeseph Schlessinger: Yale's Liability
You may know him now as the jerk-ass who allegedly sexually harassed his secretaryPosted on December 4, 2006 11:04 AM • 7 Comments •
Methods of Prohibition
you wouldn't expect that dogturd of a man to be sexually abusing herPosted on November 20, 2006 4:18 PM • 2 Comments •
Hostile Environment - Examples
So, what would be an example of someone creating a hostile environment in the workplace or educational setting? An example of "frequent, non-trivial acts of a sexual nature" might be, oh, say repeatedly raping your lab assistant nearly 80 times....Posted on September 6, 2006 6:39 PM • 20 Comments •
A Hard Doom
Women scientists and engineers are swimming - and choking - in the effluent from the discrimination factories.
Posted on September 6, 2006 5:36 PM • 4 Comments •
