tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post807833614160286691..comments2024-03-25T02:33:41.590-05:00Comments on FemaleScienceProfessor: Scientifiques avec Quelques FrontièresFemale Science Professorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15288567883197987690noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-66814382428914501992008-11-25T19:39:00.000-06:002008-11-25T19:39:00.000-06:00Yeah, the original writer probably would be annoye...Yeah, the original writer probably would be annoyed. You know what? TFB. Science requires accuracy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-83802927569192695632008-11-24T21:57:00.000-06:002008-11-24T21:57:00.000-06:00Kudos for taking the time to do this and preventin...Kudos for taking the time to do this and preventing people feeling excluded (plus it would have been a bit embarrassing for a conference to that let that type of thing through).Sablivioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559443792019189807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-48466204184794857142008-11-24T15:37:00.000-06:002008-11-24T15:37:00.000-06:00Yeah, I agree with Physioprof. When I've voiced s...Yeah, I agree with Physioprof. When I've voiced suggestions to change pronouns, etc. to be gender neutral, I've been accused of being overly sensitive or "like, one of those--what do you call them?-- feminazis."<BR/><BR/>Glad your colleague was a little more tolerant than the people (see? not hard to do!) I've encountered in the past.Unbalanced Reactionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13407339711183651108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-40132952041090145452008-11-24T11:00:00.000-06:002008-11-24T11:00:00.000-06:00Once I read an on-line article, part of a series o...Once I read an on-line article, part of a series on career development, in one of the leading general science magazines. The article was about peer reviewing, and referred to scientists in general terms (ie people), except for a negative statement which was in the female voice. I wrote to the editor, the kind of thing I never do, and to his credit, he changed the text immediately in the website. He explained that he tries to alternate he and she in a text, but by accident, it ended up sounding really nasty. Anyhow, the lesson I got, always speak up-- nicely, of course. Chances are, if something bothers you, it will bother other people too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-34078311402379987262008-11-24T10:27:00.000-06:002008-11-24T10:27:00.000-06:00Good job, FSP! It's amazing how much these little ...Good job, FSP! It's amazing how much these little things help women feel more welcome in science. It actually makes a HUGE difference.<BR/><BR/>And to the last Anon, I think it's good to use "she" sometimes. The first time I had a professor who did this was in college, and I remember being pleasantly shocked to discover how foreign it sounded. <BR/><BR/>The point is to draw attention to how often "he" has been used in he past, and make people aware. <BR/><BR/>When awareness becomes the norm, we can switch back to using the clunkier "one" or some other gender-neutral pronoun. <BR/><BR/>I think the women's movement too offers suffers setbacks from the moral highground of premature equality. We're not equal yet! Let's worry about being paragons of politically correct when the rest of the world has caught up with us.Ms.PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06542602867472447035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-85154659064528466512008-11-24T07:26:00.000-06:002008-11-24T07:26:00.000-06:00Thanks for speaking up. My advisor often says "son...Thanks for speaking up. <BR/>My advisor often says "son of a bitch", and I always correct him with: "daughter of a bastard".<BR/>He likes it.<BR/>Also, I think in order to be fair, women scientists also need to not just refer to scientists as female. I read a book by a famous female scientist in which she refers to all scientists as female. That is not right, either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-31892372048714886002008-11-24T07:23:00.000-06:002008-11-24T07:23:00.000-06:00thank you! obviously there are a large group of us...thank you! obviously there are a large group of us non-men scientists.....what exactly would that make us? evolved?quietandsmalladventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13882640501776166034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29059245.post-14606663155272117712008-11-24T04:44:00.000-06:002008-11-24T04:44:00.000-06:00Good for you, FSP. I'd hate to be associated with ...Good for you, FSP. I'd hate to be associated with a conference which proclaims that scientists are men, even if 99.99% participation is men. But I'm not sure I would have written to ask about getting it changed. That is, until now. You're an inspiration; now if I encounter something like this, I will insist on change too. <BR/><BR/>MMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com