Tagged: sexism

How to keep more women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) - Guest Work

Guest Work • Jul 13, 2016 •

• gender,
• gender disparity,
• SAGE,
• sexism,
• STEM,
• women,
• women in science

By Merryn McKinnon, Australian National University There have been myriad promises made by the major political parties over the years focused on funding programs aimed at increasing the number of women pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Although some of the policies do target disciplines where women are underrepresented, there seems to be very little acknowledgement … Read More

Are feminists really bullying Richard Dawkins? A response to Ken Perrott - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Feb 18, 2016 •

• Amy Roth,
• atheism,
• Dear Muslima,
• feminism,
• feminists,
• Ken Perrott,
• men's rights activists,
• MRA,
• NECSS,
• Open Parachute,
• Patreon,
• Rebecca Watson,
• Richard Dawkins,
• sexism,
• Skepticism,
• SurlyAmy

My fellow sciblogger over on Open Parachute Ken Perrott has posted his thoughts on recent events involving prominent atheist Richard Dawkins, who was invited then disinvited to speak at a skeptics conference in the USA later this year.  Basically, Dawkins was invited to speak at the Northeast Conference on Science & Skepticism (NECSS), then very publicly … Read More

How to stop the sexual harassment of women in science: reboot the system - Guest Work

Guest Work • Jan 29, 2016 •

• Science,
• sexism

Zuleyka Zevallos, Swinburne University of Technology The culture in astronomy, and in science more broadly, needs a major reboot following revelations early this year of another case of harassment against women by a senior male academic. The journal Science revealed earlier this month that the latest case involved Christian Ott, a professor of theoretical astrophysics at Caltech … Read More

Busting sexism in science - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Dec 16, 2015 •

• academics,
• Bridget Williams Books,
• crowdfunding,
• Nicola Gaston,
• pledge me,
• Science,
• sexism,
• sexist,
• universities

Science IS sexist. Fullstop. There is an abundance of evidence that it is more difficult for women working in science to get jobs, funding and published, just because they are women. So the question is, how are we going to fix the problem? Dr Nicola Gaston, Senior Lecturer in the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences at Victoria … Read More

My 2c worth on latest sexism in science debacle - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Jun 11, 2015 •

• bias,
• Connie St Louis,
• Nobel,
• OWG,
• Royal Society,
• sexism,
• sexist,
• Shaw Prize,
• Tim Hunt,
• Twitter,
• unconscious bias,
• WCSJ,
• World Conference of Science Journalists

This week in science, another eminent old white guy dug himself into a hole. Here's my 2c on his non-apology and what the Royal Society and other such bodies should do about their biased and out of touch Fellows. Read More

Sexism, shirts, Sutton and saying goodbye - Ice Doctor

Victoria Metcalf • Dec 09, 2014 •

• #gamergate,
• #shirtstorm,
• academia,
• Antarctica,
• Bill Cosby,
• gender bias,
• gender equality,
• general science,
• leadership,
• polar,
• Roger Sutton,
• sexism,
• women in science

Sexism is rife in academia and leads to many leaving academic careers. Last week I worked my last day as an academic at Lincoln University, the disestablishment of my position in the protracted restructuring process officially complete. It’s time for a new chapter in what has been a pretty ugly year. Now I start on an adventure into an … Read More

Chasing a comet- totally newsworthy so why isn’t it top billing? or best shirt-worthy? - Ice Doctor

Victoria Metcalf • Nov 14, 2014 •

• 67P,
• comet,
• ESA,
• General science,
• media,
• Philae,
• Rosetta,
• Science,
• Science Communication,
• science communication,
• sexism,
• space

Welcome to a comet. Photo by European Space Agency taken by Philae. Philae may have bounced off the comet before landing, but it was the local media lack of focus on this event that had the real lack of thrust. This week has seen a truly epic event in human history. It’s an incredible week for space exploration and … Read More

Are women more ‘environmentally friendly’? - Politecol

- Wayne Linklater • Oct 31, 2014 •

• environmentalism,
• Men,
• sex,
• sexism,
• women

Chances are you have heard it said: ‘Women care more about the environment’. Perhaps you have even heard someone say that ‘women are more environmentally aware’ or ‘women are more likely to act to protect the environment’? The idea appears to originate from the argument that women have a more substantive … Read More

Skeptical Thoughts – gendered marketing - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Sep 22, 2014 •

• Check Out,
• gendered marketing,
• Graeme Hill,
• Michelle Dickinson,
• Mitre 10,
• sexism,
• Twitter

I’ve started a new radio slot called ‘Skeptical Thoughts’ on Sunday evenings on Graeme Hill’s Weekend Variety Show on Radio Live. A couple of weeks ago we talked about what a scam gendered marketing is – when companies repackage the same product and market it specifically for men or women, often charging different amounts. Australian show The Check … Read More

Yet another science metric – the Kardashian Index - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Aug 08, 2014 •

• Brian Cox,
• Genome Biology,
• K-Index,
• Kardashian,
• Kardashian Index,
• Kate Clancy,
• Keith Bradnam,
• Kim Kardashian,
• Liverpool,
• Michelle Dickinson,
• Neil Hall,
• Red Ink,
• science communication,
• sexism

Twitter exploded last week after Neil Hall, a professor at the University of Liverpool who studies the genomes of the parasites that cause malaria and sleeping sickness, published a (supposedly satirical) paper in the journal Genome Biology. Rather than read his paper, I recommend you read the annotated version. But first, here’s … Read More