Mary Wood wrote:
> In a class full of guys, the instructor will hover
> over me and my friend Monica asking "Are you ladies all right?
> Let me show you how to ... <insert something we already did>."
> In such classes, I feel awkward asking questions because I
> get the looks like "Oh, of course -you- don't get it..."
Yes. This sort of thing is why I often feel I have to /prove/
my knowledge - and it does inhibit me from asking questions. :/
Hm. Problem.
> Just as bad are those instructors that will express amazement
> that Monica and/or I do something right.
If it becomes obvious that it's entrenched behaviour - that this
is something the instructor does often - then when he DOES do
something equalist, I copy his own behaviour right back at him
and express amazement that he does something right. And give him
the "Oh, of course -you- don't get it..." if necessary.
Or I take him aside privately at lunchtime and tell him what he's
doing. Depends on how I'm feeling, and suchlike.
Jenn V.
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