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- From: bweiner@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Benjamin Weiner)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics
- Subject: Re: female mentors in science
- Message-ID: <Jan.29.00.04.44.1993.27662@ruhets.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 29 Jan 93 05:04:45 GMT
- References: <1993Jan27.055231.23117@nuscc.nus.sg> <1993Jan27.145320.22941@sfu.ca>
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- I don't quite comprehend the sentiments going on here (well, really
- I do, but I'm being polite). I see nothing wrong with asking about
- women as mentors to other women in science, in fact this is something
- I often see acknowledged in interviews with women scientists. I also
- see nothing wrong with *asking* whether there is a difference in the
- work that female and male scientists do. Personally, I've never seen
- any. I sent a polite email message to the original poster saying this.
- [Flame bait: I also mentioned that I think women scientists are on
- average better at handling people, especially their students.]
-
- Maybe that is a better way of answering the question, (and persuading
- the questioner), rather than turning up the conversational heat. If
- this is how we respond to a reasonably rational request for information
- and opinions, no wonder people think scientists are a bunch of [sexist]
- hardasses.
-