Gender – Page 14 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Biases in Research

2013-11-25

Strange how you can completely miss discrimination, but seem obvious in hindsight after you see it. Some examples, including a report on post-docs and a study on cybersexual harassment.
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Ideology and Laws

2013-11-18

A few comments on a quota for women (for high status jobs only of course), and why it is a very, very VERY bad idea (to put it nicely).
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Biases in Reporting Research: Or, how you can screw 1/3 of the affected population

2013-11-11

A look at the science news cycle in the context of the Academic Impostor syndrome (based on a tweet I stumbled upon, see left). Nice how you can neglect a large part of the population in public discussion.
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Doing Damage with Ads with “Positive” Purposes: The overjustification effect

2013-10-26

Why adds that point out the obvious can really damage a social cause.
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How Ads bias your perception, or: how an ad campaign for a good purpose can be really bad

2013-10-22

A look at a very bad ad campaign that does not understand what it criticizes and actually hurts people.
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The Incompetent Whore Strikes Again (Gilmour posting 2)

2013-09-28

Having people to pay for art that does nothing for them is bad enough. But it can get worse -- being told you should like bad art. Since when does political correctness triumph over aesthetics, or even worse, over personal preference?
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Teach what you love (unless it’s male writers?)

2013-09-27

The old saying that you should do what you love, or that teaching is something worthwhile, apparently does not hold true if you love male writers. A rant.
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Beauty and Thick Skin

2013-08-10

If you are a visible public figure, you get a lot of criticism. Instead of moaning about it and making it about sexism, how about growing a ... thick skin? Also: Donglegate.
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A “Strange Days”/”Google Glass” Like Perspective on Sexism/Gender

2013-08-01

"Tests" whether something is sexist or not -- e.g., whether men have to deal with it -- not only do not work, they are incredibly arrogant. But perhaps a change of perspective might help. And there might soon be an app for that.
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Attributions

2013-07-24

It matters on how you attribute your fear and your negative experiences -- and attributing them on your gender is a really bad idea. You are essentially kicking yourself in the ... shooting yourself in the leg. Also: A much better way to deal with criticism -- online and offline.
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BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.