A short clip but interesting as the woman discusses that for her to continue fruitfully in her academic career she is going to have to “prove” she is a good person. How do you prove you are good person? You repeat the mantras – whether they are relevant to your field or not – to show allegiance. Not if you have demonstrated you are good teacher. Not if you are competent in your field. No, competency doesn’t matter it’s the acquiescence to the dogma is the sticking point.
Scary stuff.
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September 22, 2022 at 3:26 pm
Cynthia Wolff
A somewhat inconvenient truth about what is, at least: I think, partially responsible for the off-the-charts misogynistic subculture within the Computer/Engineering Sciences (the way it is in the U.S., anyhow) is: the male element of the “talent pool” are, essentially, an extension of the bullying and immature VIDEOGAME audience. We’re not talking people anymore with the manners or professionalism of like, say(?), when there was a team dedication to something such as the Space Program (even though that itself didn’t start advertising opportunities to women well until the 1970s).
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September 26, 2022 at 12:19 pm
The Arbourist
@ Cythia
Some subcultures are toxic for society. I think you may be right in identifying this one as belonging to that category.
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