Re:Introducing “Ask a Female Engineer”
by 1_2__3 on Thursday September 08, 2016 @07:02PM
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It'd be even nicer if people stopped being so judgemental that they no longer judge people's unrevealed thoughts and instead base their opinion on actions. Because telling people they have a secret and unknown racist/misogynist hiding inside them guiding them covertly is probably never gonna convince anybody to change their mind.
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Current research shows this is not something you can just change your mind about because you want to, sadly.
But I agree, being confrontational will not fix things. At the same time, it being subconscious makes it not a single person's fault. One can and should do better than that, but if sub-ideal situations happen (within reason), it does not mean the person is bad. So actions can be judged with this in mind for now, and everyone can be less afraid to make mistakes.
Someone questions my abilities to drive the heavy car for a long distance, but never the guys'? Let's have a look at what is happening, laugh about it and correct for it. But it has to be out in the open.
Re:Introducing “Ask a Female Engineer”
by justinpombrio on Thursday September 08, 2016 @08:29PM
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> Current research shows this is not something you can just change your mind about because you want to, sadly.
Could you link to this research? I'm curious to see what studies have to say.
Re:Introducing “Ask a Female Engineer”
by generic_user on Thursday September 08, 2016 @08:48PM
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Woman who have a deep internalized Misandry usually don't realize that they have a problem. Research show there is probably nothing you can consciously do about your irrational fear had hatred of Men. But its definitely problematic and needs to be corrected.
You can not have a conversation with circular logic like this.