Women report not “getting up the nerve” to ask questions, so researchers propose that “question time be unlimited” at scientific talks. Because, you know, time is a construct. If you won’t hang around waiting for others to speak, you must be a misogynist.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0202743 …
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Women tend to be less prone to being risky, impulsive, & showing off - and public speaking is often a bit like that. I know a number of successful female profs and Deans and they can be as a tough as nails. But perhaps even they tend to be a little less ‘loud’ in open forums.
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Questions can be intimidating. From experience, one option is to to allow people to text/tweet questions in real time & anonymously: they can then be offered/spoken to the speaker by a moderator.
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And that is perhaps a valid option for very sensitive topics or for conferences/events in which attendees are not people who have come to listen to, explore and challenge ideas. Let's not encourage timidity. If you have a question or comment, have the guts to ask or make it.
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Or if we are going to cater to people who are afraid of speaking rather than allowing them to decide whether to push themselves or remain unengaged, let's not make it "women" we protect from this. We're overlapping populations and many women are more outspoken than many men.
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Oh, I didn’t specify a gender.
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I know but that is what the thread is about. It's what I object to although I also object to this kind of coddling generally. I think we need to stop protecting people from things that can't actually hurt them & encourage toughness & working through such fears.
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Agree 100%
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If I see another human struggling with something that comes easily for me, I generally try to give them a hand by letting them go first, speak first etc. I think it’s Ok to be doing this by choice & on an individual level but to presume that all women need a helping hand is dumb.
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Well said, that woman!
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Yes. And I agree. It’s an odd combo of presumption and (ersatz) humility. “Look how nice I’m being!”
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The "Sneaky Fucker" Strategy. It's real.
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