Quote of the Day: On Blogging, Digit Ratio and Gender Equality

[matgb]

In a discussion about the interesting Beeb article on gender differences andrewducker says:

You know, the quality of comments like this, and the breadth of knowledge available on my friends list is one of the reasons I love livejournal.

I'd amend it slightly to say blogging generally, but LJ, with the built in friends list aggregator, does make it very easy to keep in touch with a huge chunk of people with knowledge in specific areas way beyond my own.

Not sure on the research as presented, she's definitely got a point, but as always generalisations can be beaten by specifics--my index and ring finger are roughly the same length, and I definitely show both "male" and "female" traits depending on context, and I know a fair number of women that are a lot more "male" than me in most respects. But on the other hand, I definitely agree that a good mix of talents and a good gender ratio make for a much more succesful office/business in general situations, and I'm always slightly wary when a profession, office or place of work is too skewed one way or the other.

Comments

[misscoollinda.livejournal.com]

There's a woman that I work with here that hates female bosses. Our office manager, a woman, doesn't put up with this co-worker's whiny bullshit - hence her general poor opinion of ALL female management. The previous male manager listened to her whine and cry and usually gave in. She can't separate gender from management style.
As for being "feminist", it has taken on a negative connotation. I was telling someone that I thought men and women should be paid the same for doing the same work. He said "oh, you're one of those 'women's libbers ' ". He meant it as an insult.

[matgb]

Our office manager, a woman, doesn't put up with this co-worker's whiny bullshit ... The previous male manager listened to her whine and cry and usually gave in.

Aye, Men can relate to blokes acting up and can spot it, but have problems figuring out with some women trying the same.

And equal pay makes you a "women's libber"? How old was this guy and can we shoot him now? I'm aware of negative reactions and thus connotations regarding extreme "man hating" so-called feminists that give reactionaries an excuse to object to any attempt at equality (slippery slope bollux), but to object to what should be a self-evident truth is just crazy.

Words fail me at times.

[misscoollinda.livejournal.com]

This guy is SO neanderthal. Is there nothing worse than an arrogant idiot? Yes, you may shoot him now.