> as to the handle 'prettyphysicslady' 'physicslady' was taken. I had
hoped,
> as my female professors had encouraged us to do, that we let young women
> know that girls do do physics, science and computers. Adding 'pretty' was
a
> way to help dispell the stereotype that only fat, ugly women went into
> science. I am not sure why professors at the college/university you went
to
> did not encourage this? It is done commonly here in the US.
While not a student of the oft-called "hard sciences", I have had my share
of computer, biology and chemistry classes, yet none of my teachers - male
or female - made a point of encouraging us to make sure girls knew they
could be both pretty and scientific - or even that they could just be
scientific. Besides, I'm not sure the "fat, ugly" stereotype really exists
that much - according to the mass media, us "fat, ugly" women only hold
generally menial jobs requiring neither much responsibility nor
intelligence. Female scientists, by contrast, are generally shown to be
brilliant *and* beautiful.... in any event, is there a problem with "fat,
ugly" women thinking they can be scientific, too?
> As for the troll reference I do not understand it? If I do not agree with
you I am a troll?
> Personal attacks weaken your aguments and show others that your point can
not stand on
> its own merits.
"Trolling" has little to do with agreement or disagreement - it unfortunate,
but there are a lot of people who seem to think its fun to go into a group
and be difficult, typically exemplified by raising a question and then
arguing with virtually even answer offered to them or implying that they
know more about the subject than the people whom they asked.
Kriselda
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