I am by no means a scientist. I'd add Marlene Theriault to that list and the women of this list as well
--- STEVE OLLIG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cool female scientists: Grace Hopper, Sally Ride, Ellen Ochoa, > Margaret > Mead, Rachel Carmichael, Marie Curie, Mae Jemison, Maria Mitchell > > where's that spotlight? ;) > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 8:34 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > I'd venture a guess that if it were a requirement there would be > fewer girl > scouts. Girls join girl scouts to have fun, and I think that they > would > perceive any requirement as an impediment to their fun, especially > something > "dorky". > > I agree that it is an image thing. We need some cool female > scientists in > the spotlight, don't we? > > > > -----Original Message----- > Carmichael > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 8:54 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > Dorky rules :) > > It's sad that there isn't a requirement for the science/math > activities > in the Girl Scouts. The problem is that society in general doesn't > show > images of science as being "cool" and definitely doesn't show images > of > women as scientists. Or at least, not enough images. > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Dennis, > > > > I think that the article is correct that girls and teens are > > sensitive to > > the "geek stigma factor". Even in our 10-year-old Girl Scout > > troop, the > > girls are already concerned about their images and not being too > > "dorky". > > We have many more girls vote for activities involving animals and > > crafts > > than activities centered on math and science. The votes are > usually > > about > > 8 to 1 with only one or two girls voting to do the math or science > > activities. Pretty sad, especially considering that the Girl > Scouts > > organization tries really hard to push those technical and > > math/science > > programs and make them interesting and fun. > > > > The 25% number cited in the article for women in the IT sector > seems > > pretty > > close to the number that we have show up at our local Oracle User's > > Group > > meeting. I think that the participation by women in our user's > > group has > > increased steadily in the last 10 years. > > > > Perhaps more women are drawn to database work than IT in general as > > it > > tends to be more administrative than say, programming. > > > > I'd also have to say that in many cases, being an Oracle DBA can be > > pretty > > grueling for those with families and for women with families in > > particular. > > > > Cherie Machler > > Oracle DBA > > Gelco Information Network > > > > > > > > > > DENNIS WILLIAMS > > > > <DWILLIAMS@LIFE To: Multiple > recipients > > of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > TOUCH.COM> cc: > > > > Sent by: Subject: Orawomen > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > m > > > > > > > > > > > > 01/07/03 05:11 > > > > PM > > > > Please respond > > > > to ORACLE-L > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Recently this list had a discussion of female Oracle DBAs. The > > consensus > > was > > that the numbers were increasing, which I view as a good thing. > Here > > is an > > article with industry statistics saying that the number of women in > > IT is > > decreasing. > > http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/1564501 > > Any theories? > > > > Dennis Williams > > DBA, 40%OCP > > Lifetouch, Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > > -- > > Author: DENNIS WILLIAMS > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting > services > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). 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