The Economic Woman writes up an excellent post bringing up some important points in the recent University of Wisconsin study about the vanishing difference between women and men in math.
I’m not sure, personally, what to make of the difference at the 99th percentile, where the marginal effect in variance between men and women plays a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘women in science’
Following up on Girls=Boys @ Math
Posted in feminism, science, tagged feminism, math, science, women in math, women in science on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Girls = Boys @ Math
Posted in feminism, science, tagged feminism, women in science, women in math, mathematics, gender gap on July 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A massive new study has found that women and men have the exact same mathematics abilities.
That’s the headline for the day. Tomorrow’s edition of Science will have the actual results posted, however the highlights look to be that the message that has been the norm for 18 years will have even more support as of [...]
Greenspun and Feministe talk in different directions about the Ivory Ceiling
Posted in feminism, tagged academics, feminism, ivory ceiling, science, women in science, women in technology on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Phillip Greenspun has an interesting perspective. The article’s old, but I’ve seen worse arguments. He’s not trying to make an argument per se, but put forth a hypothesis he’s not got the time to test. I think there’s been a lot of research recently that has said that there’s more to it than the mere [...]
Geek Feminism
Posted in feminism, geekery, tagged feminism, geek girls, geekery, geeks, politics, technology, women in science on July 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Hey folks, this site’s just now taking off. It’s a wiki/social network for feminism in technology, science, science fiction, and the general geeky community. It’s still scant on information and the articles are short, but people are out there trying. Geek girls, Geek allies, unite and contribute!
About damn time we acknowledged it.
Posted in feminism, science, tagged feminism, science, engineering, women in science, math, academics, professionals, women in math, resources, academia on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
They’ve finally given some significant evidence that the math gap between men and women isn’t biologically based.
Since it’s taken this long, wouldn’t you know that the gap between women and men in positions in the engineering fields is just as big as it ever was? My own company has a couple hundred people, 30% [...]
Quick linky thing
Posted in feminism, geekery, science, tagged atom, feminism, geekery, nuclear, science, women in science on May 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A quick article from Making Light about a lost woman of science, Lise Meitner. Thought it was interesting and that it deserved a link…
