So infantalising. It's credible that women are less confident about asking questions but the solution to that is for them to push themselves to do it if it matters to them. Confidence will not increase by softening challenges. Women have to be able to compete with men.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @HeatherEHeying
Still, given these data and me being a person who is slightly overconfident in asking questions after presentations, I will try to apply some kind of 'ladies first'-principle in the future.
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Replying to @Notquiteness @HeatherEHeying
I'd object if you felt I needed such help to be heard. I get this a lot. Feminist men who've never had a popular article let alone a viral one tell me they need to be quiet so I can be heard.
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Ah yes — the self-emasculation of the “Woke”...
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I just find it presumptuous. Maybe women are less forthcoming on average but don't assume this and think we need your help to speak. I don't mean to be harsh. I *know* it is well-intentioned & I appreciate those intentions, but I would just ask men to treat us as full adults.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @EnlightFundy and
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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Replying to @ArthurCDent @HPluckrose and
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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Replying to @Player518214 @ArthurCDent and
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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Replying to @HPluckrose @Player518214 and
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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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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