Oh, and I do personally believe that there are some subjects that the male mind is on average better suited to than the female mind. And I know there is no way to measure this as you can never get away from social conditioning and biases in the measuring technique, so I don't see any point in arguing about it, but still, it strikes me as obvious. There are gender differences. It seems naive to think these are all physical instead of mental. If we give everyone equality of opportunity (which yes, I'm aware we don't) and the men are better at a subject, I'm not unhappy at all with there being 13 male professors to every 1 female. I'd rather the people who are best at the subject are allowed to succeed, instead of weaker candidates being preferentially treated on a sexism card.
Oh, and I do personally believe that there are some subjects that the male mind is on average better suited to than the female mind.
So do I.
And vice-versa.
Are you suggesting the subjects men are suited to are the ones studied academically, and the way to address the imbalance is to have a reader in cookery studies?
No. Don't be ridiculous. Although given that the current UK university system was designed by men, it may well be centred around subjects they are naturally more talented at / find more interesting.
I was answering your question "Does it make you happy if we have 13 male professors to 1 female professor". If the professors are the 14 best people for the job, it doesn't make me unhappy at all. And I think there are some subjects where if you took the 14 best people it would not surprise me that there was that sort of gender imbalance.
Although given that the current UK university system was designed by men, it may well be centred around subjects they are naturally more talented at / find more interesting.
I'll just keep repeating myself, shout when you need my input :-)
But when I suggested Professors of Cooking you told me I was being ridiculous. What are these feminised academic disciplines which have no status in universities, then?
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Date: 2006-06-08 09:05 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-08 09:19 am (UTC)So do I.
And vice-versa.
Are you suggesting the subjects men are suited to are the ones studied academically, and the way to address the imbalance is to have a reader in cookery studies?
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Date: 2006-06-08 09:30 am (UTC)I was answering your question "Does it make you happy if we have 13 male professors to 1 female professor". If the professors are the 14 best people for the job, it doesn't make me unhappy at all. And I think there are some subjects where if you took the 14 best people it would not surprise me that there was that sort of gender imbalance.
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Date: 2006-06-08 09:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-06-08 10:01 am (UTC)I'll just keep repeating myself, shout when you need my input :-)
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Date: 2006-06-08 10:06 am (UTC)