Comments on: The frailty of gender math and science stereotypes

By: The Occupations of the Top 1%; Undoing Math Gender Stereotypes;Database of World Demographic Info « Welcome to the Doctor's Office

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:05:51 +0000

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By: Undoing gender math stereotypes « Family Inequality

Undoing gender math stereotypes « Family Inequality — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:53:08 +0000

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By: Ness Blackbird

Ness Blackbird — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:40:51 +0000

Doh! That’s exactly what grad students do — in their own, specific, personal, grad-studently way. It’s a role.

A soc grad student says, “OK, we’re going to take a test. Don’t open your booklets until you are told. Please use a sharp #2 pencil.” They’re clothes are color-coordinated.

A physics grad student wanders in in blue jeans with paint on them, and says. “Did you realize that the surface area of a painted wall increases in log/2 as the wall is exposed to sun, and baseballs, and the previously painted surface approaches fractal complexity?”

By: Philip Cohen

Philip Cohen — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:33:04 +0000

I got the impression the facilitators were just introducing the test, getting them set up, etc., just letting it be known they were advanced grad students rather than actually modeling any roles.

By: Ness Blackbird

Ness Blackbird — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:48:25 +0000

Hey wait — how can they use “facilitators” posing as advanced graduate students instead of REAL role models — people who actually know the answers to the questions and have all the many important characteristics of their field.

Couldn’t they find female grad students?