Comment Re:The mice again! (Score 1) 126
Frogs?
Had you bothered to read the article you would have found out that there is copious evidence of sexism in science.
I RTFA and I did not see "copious evidence" of sexism. It seemed like the author was grasping at straws to prove a preconceived notion. Seriously, the examples given boarder creepy/inappropriate but to extrapolate "copious evidence of sexism in science" or in the authors words "institutionalized sexism" is an exaggeration.
The professor who leaned in just a little too-close-for-comfort, not to everyone, but to one girl in particular. The student invited to an academic event one evening, only to find out that her lecturer viewed it as a date. And the one professor who always looked me (and the other young men) right in the eye when we spoke, but whose gaze always drifted downwards, towards their chests, when he spoke with the young women.
The professor who’d talk to a student professionally and politely, then stare at her rear end while she walked away.
The graded assignments that would have flirty little comments and smiley faces, only for the female students.
Gossipy conversations—about other people in the department, obviously—that would mysteriously fall silent whenever certain women walked by (but never the men).
And the way word choice would change ever-so-subtly—like how remarks were “ejaculated” instead of “uttered”—in the presence of certain people.
This is your evidence?. That doesn't sound like "institutionalized sexism". It sounds like a guy acting like a guy that may be inappropriate in a professional environment. Here is a clue, sexism, racism, agism, etc are illegal if someone makes sexual advances, ask for favors, etc; it is already illegal and there is legal action the woman can take to protect herself. The article links to some studies, but what is also frustrating about this topic, you can find studies to back up claims on both sides.
If you think the gender imbalance is the entirety of the evidence for sexism then you are likely part of the problem.
Or maybe the gender imbalance is due to other factors of a complex system. Maybe, what is described as "institutionalized sexism" isn't institutionalized. because in the authors own words:
Most authority figures in my field aren’t sexist, aren’t sexually harassing anybody, and treat everyone based on their own merits as people.
How can it be institutionalized sexism if "most authority figures aren't sexist"? The real issue the author is pushing is:
if we want to really change the culture of our field
Indeed, with statements like:
Most authority figures in my field aren’t sexist, aren’t sexually harassing anybody, and treat everyone based on their own merits as people.
How do we get "institutionalized sexism" from this?
every State offers for non-drivers to use as ID?
It also costs money. So, if the primary purpose is voter id and that id costs money then it is equivalent to a voting tax.
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As it turned out, MADD deterred a war.
MADD also had a small risk of leading to a war that would have killed most of humanity. We were lucky.
A war that was assuredly avoided vs. a war that could have happened. I would rather have been lucky playing the odds instead of the known alternative... A war that would have rivaled ww2.
If the Soviet Union and the U.S. had
I am willing to bet that if we were put in the same situation, MADD would win. Even the most selfish, sociopathic tyrant will not kill an enemy if it means suicide. Why would any future belligerents be different?
anybody who adopted a strategy of cheating and exploitation would be tremendously successful. There are a lot of dangerous people out there, and we have to put a lot of resources into protecting ourselves from them.
And that is why weapons can be good for a society. If a society has any worth. It is worth protecting.
During the cold war, a lot of American and Soviet scientists and engineers came to the conclusion that designing weapons systems that could destroy the entire world several times over was not a societal good.
Are you saying that MADD was not an effective deterrent to war?
the only place in the world where you can get an earthquake and a tornado on the same day now.
Sounds like we have a follow up to Sharknado! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt27...
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