[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> abs wrote:> Don't you think gender-neutral naming is a >> patch/bandaid on the greater >> issue of stereotype and bias? This is not a critisism. > > In publishing my (few) scientific articles, I have often > wondered if I should publish under initials or under my > full name. There are a number of studies (I don't have > the refs. off the top of my head) demonstrating that > papers with obvious female names are less cited that > those with obvious male names. This is an important > issue because, here in the US anyway, university faculty > tenure is often linked to the number of citations one > receives. > > On the other hand, does one really want to hide behind > initials? And then, sooner or later, people will know > the name that goes with those initials... I think it's pretty well established that women's work is devalued over men's. But this brings up a different issue: If all the women use initials and all the men use their first names, well, we've just created a new way to tell who are the men and who are the women ... -- julie. _______________________________________________ issues mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/issues
