A tough calculation - MIT News Office
7 weeks ago by amy
"Study: Female students wary of the engineering workplace."
engineering
gender
technology
7 weeks ago by amy
Geena Davis: Hollywood Still Typecasting Women [VIDEO]
september 2011 by amy
“We know that the more hours of television a girl watches, the fewer options she thinks she has in life,” she said. “So there’s clearly a very, very strong message coming through — that boys are picking up too, by the way — that girls can’t do as many things as boys can.”
gender
culture
media
september 2011 by amy
BPS Research Digest: Let me help you with that ... How women suffer from benevolent sexism
august 2011 by amy
"What could be wrong with a gentleman opening a door for a lady? According to some social psychologists, such acts endorse gender stereotypes: the idea that women are weak and need help; that men are powerful patriarchs. Now a study has looked at how women are perceived when they accept or reject an act of so-called "benevolent sexism"* and it finds that they're caught in a double-bind. Women who accept help from a man are seen as warmer, but less competent. Women who reject help are seen as more competent, but cold. ..."
gender
technology
culture
august 2011 by amy
Rebuttal: Make Room In the Bubble For Everyone | TechCrunch
july 2011 by amy
“We’ll know we have parity when mediocre black women get funding for bad ideas at the same rate as mediocre white men.”
gender
technology
business
july 2011 by amy
The Saddest Pink Infographic About Women In Tech You’ll Ever See
january 2011 by amy
ok y'all - wtf??? rt @kcornwall You're gonna hate this one
arghh
gender
technology
sigh
from twitter_favs
january 2011 by amy
Intelligent Individuals Don’t Make Groups Smarter | Wired Science | Wired.com
october 2010 by amy
"Their analysis, published Sept. 30 in Science, found several characteristics linked to group performance — and none involved individual intelligence. What mattered instead was the social sensitivity of individual members, the proportion of women (who tend to be more sensitive) in each group, and a balanced participation of conversation."
cognition
gender
intelligence
society
october 2010 by amy
Diverse Education
september 2010 by amy
"The United States’ ability to be not just a global leader but even a competitive participant in technology will depend largely on a massive infusion of women and underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM. "
gender
technology
computing
science
september 2010 by amy
“Women in tech”: what gives?
august 2010 by amy
thoughtful post on a much-hacked topic RT @shefaly: Blogged: "Women in tech" #gender #technology Great comments too
#technology
#gender
technology
gender
from twitter_favs
august 2010 by amy
Books on Science - ‘Delusions of Gender’ Peels Away Popular Theories - NYTimes.com
august 2010 by amy
Peeling Away Theories on Gender and the Brain
books
reviews
neuroscience
gender
august 2010 by amy
Two checklists for feminists : Pharyngula
august 2010 by amy
Interesting checklist on gender and life....
gender
feminism
from twitter_favs
august 2010 by amy
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
may 2010 by amy
LOL "why are there so few girl engineers?" /via @geekgirldiva
gender
technology
arghh
amusements
from twitter_favs
may 2010 by amy
Few gender differences in math abilities, worldwide study finds
january 2010 by amy
Few Gender Differences in Math Abilities, Worldwide Study Finds: Source: ScienceDailyGirls around... http://bit.ly/6TkClT #psychology #news
twitter_fav
@PsychologyNow
gender
math
january 2010 by amy
Women Women Blah Blah Blah | HPC
december 2009 by amy
Hell yeah! RT @missrogue New post: Women Women Blah Blah Blah | HPC http://bit.ly/5lM6bZ
twitter_fav
@WomenWhoTech
gender
technology
december 2009 by amy
related tags
#gender ⊕ #technology ⊕ @doctorow ⊕ @PsychologyNow ⊕ @WomenWhoTech ⊕ academia ⊕ accessibility ⊕ ack ⊕ advertising ⊕ age ⊕ amusements ⊕ anthropology ⊕ arghh ⊕ art ⊕ astronomy ⊕ austin ⊕ australia ⊕ autism ⊕ behavior ⊕ biology ⊕ blogging ⊕ blogs ⊕ books ⊕ business ⊕ clothing ⊕ code ⊕ cognition ⊕ comment ⊕ communication ⊕ computer_science ⊕ computing ⊕ cool ⊕ culture ⊕ documentaries ⊕ economics ⊕ education ⊕ engineering ⊕ environment ⊕ essays ⊕ evolution ⊕ feminism ⊕ finance ⊕ foss ⊕ geekery ⊕ gender ⊖ genetics ⊕ health ⊕ heh ⊕ history ⊕ huh ⊕ human_rights ⊕ idiocy ⊕ intelligence ⊕ internet ⊕ interviews ⊕ journalism ⊕ kansas ⊕ language ⊕ law ⊕ linguistics ⊕ linux ⊕ marketing ⊕ math ⊕ mathematics ⊕ media ⊕ melbourne ⊕ military ⊕ misogyny ⊕ molecular ⊕ movies ⊕ music ⊕ neuropsychology ⊕ neuroscience ⊕ news ⊕ nonprofit ⊕ no_duh ⊕ open_source ⊕ opinion ⊕ photography ⊕ php ⊕ politics ⊕ population ⊕ porn ⊕ poverty ⊕ presentations ⊕ privacy ⊕ productivity ⊕ programming ⊕ psychology ⊕ race ⊕ rails ⊕ reference ⊕ religion ⊕ research ⊕ reviews ⊕ ruby ⊕ sailing ⊕ science ⊕ security ⊕ sex ⊕ sexism ⊕ sigh ⊕ society ⊕ sociology ⊕ software/social ⊕ sports ⊕ statistics ⊕ stuff ⊕ sydney ⊕ tbr ⊕ technology ⊕ texas ⊕ twitter ⊕ twitter_fav ⊕ UK ⊕ usa ⊕ vegetarianism ⊕ videos ⊕ visualizations ⊕ web_dev ⊕ women ⊕ world ⊕ writers ⊕ writing ⊕ wtf ⊕ yikes ⊕Copy this bookmark: