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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Maybe men should be required to sit gagged and shackled so they can learn the feeling of oppression.
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I went to Evergreen, and I some classes (never in Heather's), there was a lot of pressure for White men to resist participating in seminars designed for student participation. We were required to attend, but asked to be quiet. The unintended effect was that White men...
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... like me learned to speak concisely to take up less space, improving our communication skills, whereas other students tended to ramble about their feelings, expecting validation. I suspect white men were better prepared for the real world in such an environment than others.
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I suspect you are wrong. There is no need to do that because you are a white man. Everyone should be encouraged to develop those traits. Spend some time with a socratic professor in a contracts class.
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Yes, it had a similar effect to that, I suspect. Not sure what you mean about being a white man. I've never lived above the poverty line.
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Conan, you brought up how Evergreen treated "white men," not me.
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Oh I misread your grammar. Though you were ascribing cause, not reflecting on it.
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Not sure we are talking about the same thing. Can't make sense of your reply.
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How will the audience benefit from fewer questions being asked?