Some of the men posting here make me embarrassed to have testicles. I treated women like a species of rejectors. Sorry to be so late to the party. D. via NoiseBot (available in women's sizes). In fact, if you want to make a joke about your lack of math skills, why not do it with something like this? Math T-shirt For Girls I’m Too Pretty To Do Math. A few yeras back, when I was applying for jobs, custom dictated that a photo was attached to your CV. The nerdy culture that I have been familiar with has always had a more "I'm confused and don't know how to socially interact with you" slant than a "I want to touch your boobs" slant so I'm afraid that I'm not positive on why the would react in such a manner. Why someone would rather be cutesy and vulnerable rather than able and empowered is beyond me. Usually it's more like this: "I'm sure if they asked a few people who you have fought with.
As for your second response, in regards to my concerns of what it would take to make nerd culture "more welcoming" I would be happy to respond to a list of suggestions if you would be so kind as to present them. How much further ahead would we be if bright, competent women who also happened to be attractive were not funneled away from using all of their talents in favor of the one that is not only largely arbitrary, but fleeting as well? That would not be an unsound position. The remark, "I weep for females everywhere. That may be a social issue, and I think that it would be a very good study, but I don't have a better explanation for you at this time. I'm too pretty to do math.univ. "It must be difficult to go through life with the chronic inability to google.
You know that that is our history, you're just choosing to ignore the implications of it because it makes you too uncomfortable to consider how you might be complicit in this sort of subtle oppression. Meanwhile, the numbers are on our side. Oh, wait a minute, that's right, you're forbidden by law because us manly men don't think you can handle that, complaining. My husband has told me the same thing. Feel free to contact me at gmail if you want to talk to a real live female math/computer geek. Bloody hell, it's a biopic. But still statistically significant. My email username is nutmegkat. As a math teacher, I am keenly aware that women are not well represented in my higher-level classes. Shipping is free, with delivery being anywhere from 2-30 days due to global shipping delays. Women are preferred over men in hiring decisions, pretty women get whatever they want regardless of skill, the work of women is held in higher esteem, etc. To forestall complaints: yes, the majority of the guys I passed were quietly polite. Report a policy violation? I'm too pretty to do math baby tee. It was a bad idea back in 1994.
And it is EVERYWHERE. And why do you require women who view your hobbies in a positive light in the first place? I'm also kinda funny looking and definitely not much of anyone's idea of a hottie, and I work in IT, so in terms of cultural stereotypes I'm definitely Not Helping. GIVE HER WHATEVER SALARY SHE WANTS!!!! I suspect you self-ostracized as much as anything.
When examining careers I stay the fuck away from software engineering, even though it seems like its right up my alley. As for "girls with geek interests", I suggest taking a breather and then attending the con scene (including GenCon and Origins). I really don't give a flying rat's ass how that stupid stereotype got in your brain. I get bored with those who are so easily manipulated by appearances. Now, do you having something positive to contribute to the discussion? How do you parent two children when you travel 4 or 5 months out of the year and work 80-90 hours a week? The problem is that relationships with women who work outside the intelligentsia that attract my attention do not last because my 'life' is spent in a separate esoteric world. In the meantime, I'll believe that you'd rather be complaining about how everyone doesn't give you a second look when millionaires start bagging homely trophy wives. I'm Too Pretty To Do Math - Too Pretty To Do Math - T-Shirt. Worked on computers since I was 8 years old. The magnet isn't suggesting that pretty girls can't do math. Ah, sorry for the snark. It's a stereotype that has caused actual pain to women like Classical Cipher, and it's also fucking up your life because you have the mistaken notion that there are few to zero women who share your interests. I realized I was compartmentalizing people superficially and acting superior because of some nerdy hobbies and good grades.
If I was a 12 year old, desperately seeking approval from my peers, and I felt for a second that being "good at math" would jeopardize that, why would I try? Oh, I understood all along, my leporine friend. And when was the last time you responded to that sexist joke by saying, "That's not cool"? I want to do math. Although my computer science degree gave me a math minor as part of the deal, my daughter exceeded that level of math in her first year of college. Just look at how scientists or people interested in life and the world are portrayed in the media: it is the nerd stereotype, the unattractive and the awkward that are too preoccupied with their research pursuits to develop social skills. Regardless, this experience made me realize that I won't major in BME because t's not my calling, not because I think I'm incapable. I'd have to side with AVI, Steve and, to a degree, Shenandoah. The proportion was around 20 with photo, 10 without. "I'm a nerdy guy who was told several times growing up that I was too good looking to be doing whatever it was I was doing at the time, including hanging out with other nerds.
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I can only speak for my own experiences and offer you opinions and thoughts. Since our products are such a great deal and such high quality, we do not offer returns. One of the problems in my career choice (IT project management) is that most of the women are; well, very very good at math... Why you thought women scientists are ignorant of this--we're not idiots--we are scientists after all and deal with many of the same nerd social dynamics. Luckily it sounds like your daughter is way smarter than her dad. One of my students (our valedictorian) was receiving an award from the local Rotary Club.
If they'd only MAN UP and accept that having children is simply not an option, they'd make just as much money as men! Frankie: There was a post on another blog that I think would address a lot of what you're saying. Too Pretty To Do Math T-Shirt. Just another +1 to the list of people who emphatically *don't* want you to STFD and STFU. Usually its just a few people that keep me sane.
Trust, your perspective gets enough attention that it's pretty easy to figure out. No wonder young girls in our nation struggle with their confidence in math. She's also quite pretty and has a dynamic personality. Frankie: Here's the thing - your assumption that "women don't like nerdy things" (even if you just think it as a general rule) likely leads to you reacting with surprise when a woman (such as myself) does like nerdy things. If women don't want to like nerdy things then they don't have to. Once bitten, twice shy and all that.
It's disheartening to see all the common items on the bigotry bingo card, as if on cue. College-age men, however, can get interested in romance without any impact on their engagement with math and science. I would like to point out that we were not privy to whatever social pressures the females were under or what their actual opinions were concerning math or computers; but I can assure you that the effect of being insulted or looked down upon as "not cool" by the entire female (and most of the male) population has made us jaded and distrustful. In my sophomore year, I started looking for careers. To my knowledge that company had only 1 female programmer (out of the 3 locations that I worked at). Never be afraid of getting a few cuts in your fists when you break that glass ceiling. Infinitely better than that ignorant t-shirt. Funny enough, I took a completely different path. Minot Hot Tots shirt. Ultimately, it's up to parents to decide what to buy for their 7-year-olds. Neither is such oppression a justification for being a hostile jerk.
Across the country, students are going back to school. I played almost no sports. "If you have an actual problem to deal with, like when I am told someone refuses to work with me because I'm scary-looking, address that problem. They acted in a manner that not only ostracized another person (who had similar interests as them even! ) They would say that your forehead is a weapon. Honestly, for a bunch of nerds who've memorized obscure homebrew rules and discourse knowledgeably on the merits of 3. How many of them rejected you based on the criteria that you're misogynistic dick who lumps a diverse group of individuals into a faceless pile of boobs and hate? And, of course, the expectation that she might not be up to the job. So they could 'recognise' you if they called you to interview. I hope that clarified my situation.