Why does this forum have so few women??
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Here are a few more references to female shooting stars in my field of theoretical particle physics.
Univ.Washington: Prof. Ann Nelson
http://www.phys.washington.edu/users/anelson/
She got her PhD from Harvard
SLAC & Univ. Stanford: Prof. JoAnne Hewett
http://cosmicvariance.com/joanne/
Fermilab/Chicago: Dr. Marcela Carena
http://home.fnal.gov/~carena/
She is from Argentina and got her PhD at my Department in Hamburg
Univ. Durham/UK: Dr. Gudi Moortgat-Pick
http://physics.princeton.edu/~mcdonald/ ... 22_IMG.JPG
She was a Postdoc at my Institute.
DESY Hamburg: Dr. Laura Covi
http://physicschool.web.cern.ch/physics ... L2003.html
She is my office neighbor and a permanent staff...
(Of course we got more women theorists )
...and so on.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7374458/page/2/
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Would anybody really suggest that these kinds of women might have any interest in that sort of forum:
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"Health, Dating, Sex, Parfume..." female forum
http://www.newomen.com/phpBB_14.html
Why not in our forum??
Bye Fridger
PS: Read a Blog by JoAnne ...see what science is like
http://www.cosmicvariance.com/?author=5
Univ.Washington: Prof. Ann Nelson
http://www.phys.washington.edu/users/anelson/
She got her PhD from Harvard
SLAC & Univ. Stanford: Prof. JoAnne Hewett
http://cosmicvariance.com/joanne/
Fermilab/Chicago: Dr. Marcela Carena
http://home.fnal.gov/~carena/
She is from Argentina and got her PhD at my Department in Hamburg
Univ. Durham/UK: Dr. Gudi Moortgat-Pick
http://physics.princeton.edu/~mcdonald/ ... 22_IMG.JPG
She was a Postdoc at my Institute.
DESY Hamburg: Dr. Laura Covi
http://physicschool.web.cern.ch/physics ... L2003.html
She is my office neighbor and a permanent staff...
(Of course we got more women theorists )
...and so on.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7374458/page/2/
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Would anybody really suggest that these kinds of women might have any interest in that sort of forum:
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"Health, Dating, Sex, Parfume..." female forum
http://www.newomen.com/phpBB_14.html
Why not in our forum??
Bye Fridger
PS: Read a Blog by JoAnne ...see what science is like
http://www.cosmicvariance.com/?author=5
Last edited by t00fri on 10.05.2007, 06:59, edited 1 time in total.
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t00fri wrote:julesstoop wrote:In my experience women in general just have a much better 'natural' feeling how to spend their time and thus diverse between different interests (professional, social, family, etc...) more easily.
Men on the other hand (again, generally spoken) are more easily carried away by (sometimes) seemingly futile endeavours and tend to forget other aspects of their lives more easily. (At least, that's why I need women as a counter force in my life.)
That view I share completely. But the question remains, why this forum tends to offer so little to women?
Bye Fridger
Programming certainly is not futile, but it takes a considerable investment to become proficient.
Just visiting these forums to read and chat about the universe in general (and Celestia in particular) like quite a few of us do, might seem futile though.
Lapinism matters!
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Here are a couple more power women (and old friends of mine) in my field of theoretical particle physics & cosmology
http://physics.nyu.edu/people/farrar.glennys.html
Shirley Jackson was the first black woman who EVER was awarded a PhD from M.I.T (in any subject) !!
http://www.rpi.edu/president/index.html
Bye Fridger
http://physics.nyu.edu/people/farrar.glennys.html
Shirley Jackson was the first black woman who EVER was awarded a PhD from M.I.T (in any subject) !!
http://www.rpi.edu/president/index.html
Bye Fridger
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The real question is not about how many women are regular posters on this forum.
The real question is how many regular members are still really active here.
A dozen?
The real question is how many regular members are still really active here.
A dozen?
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The real question is how many regular members are still really active here.
Well, it depends on how you define the word active. I'm activly reading all new interesting posts in this forum many times daily, but since I have nothing intersting to say I keep my mouth shut...
I'm patiently waiting for t00fri's updated nmtools and his 'new' txtools, so I'll keep checking out the forum until I have this new toys...
Bye, Anders
You guys do have some funny ideas about us. lol
I've always been interested in science and science fiction but often find myself in the minority when it comes to gender. I'm not sure why but it just seems more guys are interested in this kind of thing. The only reason why I don't have a career as a scientist of some kind is because I'm just plain stupid.
I've always been interested in science and science fiction but often find myself in the minority when it comes to gender. I'm not sure why but it just seems more guys are interested in this kind of thing. The only reason why I don't have a career as a scientist of some kind is because I'm just plain stupid.
Re: Why does this forum have so few women??
Hi,
I've always been interested in science and science fiction but often find myself in the minority when it comes to gender. I'm not sure why but it just seems more guys are interested in this kind of thing. It was fun reading articles,Forum discussions and people's comments.Thanks for the information !!
Tia,
I've always been interested in science and science fiction but often find myself in the minority when it comes to gender. I'm not sure why but it just seems more guys are interested in this kind of thing. It was fun reading articles,Forum discussions and people's comments.Thanks for the information !!
Tia,
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Reiko wrote:You guys do have some funny ideas about us. lol
I've always been interested in science and science fiction but often find myself in the minority when it comes to gender. I'm not sure why but it just seems more guys are interested in this kind of thing. The only reason why I don't have a career as a scientist of some kind is because I'm just plain stupid.
You are definitely NOT stupid, Reko...
You definitely have more brains than myself, as should be evident from my
mis-handling of ML files, and my often mis-understood comments on this board.
Please understand that I, personally, am just an average bozo who has a real
love for the universe, and all of it's mysteries.
Although, your avatar does seem to characterize you as a "geek." Hee, hee.
Please don't hurt me.
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Re: Why does this forum have so few women??
I am always pleased by Reiko's creative, artistic avatars that also keep changing from time to time.
Recently there was an interesting finding from a large-size investigation: intelligence was said to be predominantly a matter of training rather than a "material constant" of peoples' genes...
So there are good chances for almost everyone
Fridger
Recently there was an interesting finding from a large-size investigation: intelligence was said to be predominantly a matter of training rather than a "material constant" of peoples' genes...
So there are good chances for almost everyone
Fridger
Re: Why does this forum have so few women??
Sorry but learn to use the quote button. It looks like you are repeating what I said.Tia010 wrote:Hi,
I've always been interested in science and science fiction but often find myself in the minority when it comes to gender. I'm not sure why but it just seems more guys are interested in this kind of thing. It was fun reading articles,Forum discussions and people's comments.Thanks for the information !!
Tia,
You accidentally delete something? I have you beat. I once deleted a project I was working on to combine a models together for an addon. The worst part is I went even further and empty my recycle bin out of habit. I had to start all over again.BobHegwood wrote:
You are definitely NOT stupid, Reko...
You definitely have more brains than myself, as should be evident from my
mis-handling of ML files, and my often mis-understood comments on this board.
Me too!BobHegwood wrote:Please understand that I, personally, am just an average bozo who has a real
love for the universe, and all of it's mysteries.
I take pride in my geekness!BobHegwood wrote:Although, your avatar does seem to characterize you as a "geek." Hee, hee.
Please don't hurt me.
Thanks, Brain-Dead
I know I like to change my avatar a lot.t00fri wrote:I am always pleased by Reiko's creative, artistic avatars that also keep changing from time to time.
As for why there are not more women here into celestia, I think it's training too. Women are not often raised with encouragement to go into science so you see a gender ratio favoring men. Keep in mind this is just my personal experience and does not apply to every individual.t00fri wrote:Recently there was an interesting finding from a large-size investigation: intelligence was said to be predominantly a matter of training rather than a "material constant" of peoples' genes...
So there are good chances for almost everyone
Fridger
That said, I have managed to get a few cousins, friends and my mother into celestia, all women.
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Re: Why does this forum have so few women??
Wow,...I just noted that this thread got as many as 11460 hits!!! So it must have raised a question of interest to quite a few . Who are they? What comes to mind immediately is how the gender might have been shared among those 11460 readers?? ...
Any ideas? speculations?
Fridger
Any ideas? speculations?
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Re: Why does this forum have so few women??
t00fri wrote:Wow,...I just noted that this thread got as many as 11460 hits!!! So it must have raised a question of interest to quite a few . Who are they? What comes to mind immediately is how the gender might have been shared among those 11460 readers?? ...
Any ideas? speculations?
Fridger
I have been reading this thread with some interest. I have thought about it myself,but only quietly.I can't speak for others,but my opinion would be that if the forum members would be able to tell their female friends,girlfriends,wives and colleagues about Celestia,perhaps they would take an interest themselves,and maybe also take part in the forum as well.
That is my suggestion anyway,
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Re: Why does this forum have so few women??
Fridger, could you point me in the direction of this research (investigation) you mention? I'd be very interested in reading about it. Thanks.t00fri wrote:I am always pleased by Reiko's creative, artistic avatars that also keep changing from time to time.
Recently there was an interesting finding from a large-size investigation: intelligence was said to be predominantly a matter of training rather than a "material constant" of peoples' genes...
So there are good chances for almost everyone
Fridger
Re: Why does this forum have so few women??
I've told my mother, two aunts, and three close friends. All woman and all run celestia. Not sure why my friends don't post on the forum but my aunts can't read English so they ask me when they have a question.
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Re: Why does this forum have so few women??
LordFerret wrote:Fridger, could you point me in the direction of this research (investigation) you mention? I'd be very interested in reading about it. Thanks.t00fri wrote:I am always pleased by Reiko's creative, artistic avatars that also keep changing from time to time.
Recently there was an interesting finding from a large-size investigation: intelligence was said to be predominantly a matter of training rather than a "material constant" of peoples' genes...
So there are good chances for almost everyone
Fridger
Unfortunately, I seem to remember that the concrete resources I was referring to were written in German. Possibly they translated them from an English original, though
Fridger
Re: Why does this forum have so few women??
Might have to use that for an avatar.jogad wrote:
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Re: Why does this forum have so few women??
Reiko wrote:Might have to use that for an avatar.jogad wrote:
Grrr. I liked your previous avatar muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch better
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Re: Why does this forum have so few women??
t00fri wrote:Grrr. I liked your previous avatar muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch better
I don't know...
They pretty much look the same to me. Hee, hee.
Boy, now I've done it...
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