"This Tool Can Help You Prove This Common Sexist Problem Exists"

Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2016-07-26 01:39

Article here. Excerpt:

'The timer — designed by software developer Cathy Deng — clocks the duration that a man or woman is speaking to "check who's dominating the conversation."

Deng discussed the difficulty of fostering diversity, using the tech industry as an example, on her site, AreMenTalkingTooMuch.com:

"When people talk about diversity and inclusion in tech, they often count bodies: What [percent] of women [are] at this company, what [percent of] women [are] at an event, etc. But ... inclusion is more than who's in the room. Often, in rooms that seem diverse, men still dominate conversations to a large extent.'

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Great idea.

Let's apply it to higher education. For example the hours per year spent in Women's Issues lectures vs the hours spent per year in Male Issues lectures.

"This tool can help you prove this common sexist problem exists."

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Submitted by chuck on Wed, 2016-07-27 00:03

I've noticed that men have dominated the "gender conversation" for 40 years.

Not.

A lot of men are going to be surprised if they turn out to "dominate" conversations, whatever that means, because most men are lucky to get a word in edgewise.

And if it turns out women dominate the conservation, what does Deng plan to do about it? Seek recourse?

Deng just needs to get a life.

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Submitted by el cid on Wed, 2016-07-27 01:51