tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872291669852173236.post7655480148406417279..comments2022-03-25T05:12:56.757-08:00Comments on Black Cats and Smoke and Mirrors: don't tell me i can't go thereAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17168957540756231413noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872291669852173236.post-40288702956763777482011-03-22T13:51:04.809-08:002011-03-22T13:51:04.809-08:00Thank you, Stephanie!Thank you, Stephanie!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17168957540756231413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872291669852173236.post-547294806369287222011-03-22T13:39:41.656-08:002011-03-22T13:39:41.656-08:00Thank you for writing this! That article was infu...Thank you for writing this! That article was infuriating to read, but I do not have the energy or writing skill to address it, so I am so thankful that you did.<br /><br />I for one do not think that all professions should be 50/50 male/female. I think there are enough differences, whether those differences are nature or nurture, that that won't happen. But those differences are between the *average* male and female, and really don't tell the whole story. <br /><br />There is much more distance between the tallest woman and the shortest woman than between the average man and the average woman, and most if not all human characteristics follow this same pattern. So I still maintain that none of the studies and statistics out there explain professions that are less than 20% or so of one gender. I truly think that we have discrimination, stereotypes and the like to account for those. And I don't know about you, but for me once a group or environment is 20-25% female, I don't feel like an oddity anymore.<br /><br />Rock on and keep writing!Stephanie Moore-Fullerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09205597948042540509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872291669852173236.post-47222580781466804572011-03-14T05:18:55.092-08:002011-03-14T05:18:55.092-08:00My wife is a geek, and a very good one. We met wh...My wife is a geek, and a very good one. We met while I was working for her, as a contractor. <br />She spent years trying to be as "ungirly" as possible, as she did not want anyone to think she was using her femininity to advance her career.<br />In the last 15 years, she has decided it's OK to be feminine, and damn anyone who thinks that's a problem. Yay!<br />There *is* still the "old boys network", and it will take another generation to chase it back into the shadows, but looking at Google, or even IBM, the changes are upon us, and I'm happy for my daughters and granddaughters.<br /><br />Cheers,,,Steve ConwayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872291669852173236.post-26803462350105536612011-03-13T10:32:42.493-08:002011-03-13T10:32:42.493-08:00Too strong a woman? THERE IS NO SUCH THING.Too strong a woman? THERE IS NO SUCH THING.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17168957540756231413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872291669852173236.post-84117150971956843272011-03-13T07:28:38.433-08:002011-03-13T07:28:38.433-08:00Loved this post! As a girly, curvy, cheerful femal...Loved this post! As a girly, curvy, cheerful female InfoSec manager, I'm currently in a company where every single person above me in the chain of command is a white male over 45. I have been told that I'm "too strong a woman to work there." The one black manager in the entire $1B company is "too emotional." Black women don't get to manage at all. The white male managers literally scream and throw things, but that's ok. It's different because they are white men. <br /><br />Talent in general has nothing to do with gender. How people perceive and accept the talent may, but if you work hard enough and are good enough at what you do, they will accept you anyway. And if they don't, they just lost a competitive advantage. If they are stupid enough to do that, they don't deserve to succeed anyway.<br /><br />Keep working, Mimi. Go, you!Shehttp://www.shelearnstorow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5872291669852173236.post-32967183017306792532011-03-08T17:18:04.690-09:002011-03-08T17:18:04.690-09:00Mimi --
When I was getting my Master's degree...Mimi --<br /><br />When I was getting my Master's degree in statistics, half the class were women. Amazon's top statistician is female (and I'm lucky to be working with her on a project next week.)<br /><br />Talent in math has NOTHING to do with gender.<br /><br />Yes, you can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com