Nothing wrong with the men profiled in the WSJ, but it takes some effort to end up with a men only article in a field full of high-profile women who are doing amazing work in the same areas as these men. I can name so many off the top of my head! How do you miss them *all*?
-
-
Show this thread
-
It's not just chance. In the AI/tech/society field, the number of mediocre men who keep on writing mediocre, vapid stuff and still get some of the best jobs/attention is so staggering that one has to be blind to the sexism not to notice it. The reverse would never be tolerated.
Show this thread -
I recommend Thick by
@tressiemcphd for a searing essay on who gets to be mediocre and yet be rewarded richly for it. It's the other side of how hard it is to be recognized for excellence for people who are not from the already hegemonic groups .https://twitter.com/matthewarcher5/status/1251276942919294978 …Show this thread -
Personally, I'm doing fine but we're swimming in tar all our lives while some people get to hop on jet skis. When we point out the problem, people say you're doing fine! Yes, some of us managed to swim much much harder *and* got lucky. That's why we can and should speak up.
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
And another important point: I'm sorry I omitted you from my list, Dr. Tufecki! Your thoughtful commentary has been invaluable to me and you are unquestionably one of the great communicators of this pandemic.
-
Ah, no worries and I'm doing fine, but definitely share your frustration. I can name dozens of excellent women *off the top of my head* in each area/lane that these men (who are fine and doing good work!) occupy.
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
This Tweet is unavailable.
-
IMO original claim can be reversed to "A good number of the best researchers/writers are men. Yet, women, some of whom are genuinely mediocre, have some of the best jobs and publicity while excellent men are skipped over." and yet be able find examples that `proves` it ...
End of conversation
-
-
-
There was a lovely study featured in the
@TheEconomist showing that male and female surgeons are trusted the same by their colleagues. Until they have a surgical death. Trust in male surgeons doesn't change, female drops precipitously. https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2017/11/24/doctors-judge-female-surgeons-more-harshly-when-patients-die … -
well ... could it be that they are so few and so - more noticeable ? (quote from orig. paper) : "The list of surgical specialties considered in the paper and the gender distribution of each are presented in Figure 1. Women are under-represented, making up 17% of the full sample"
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.