Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues

2013-02-21 Thread Amy Parachnowitsch
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues Let's not forget that the original comment that triggered this whole discussion was made by a woman! I don't think it was intended to be sexist. It's not sexist to say, In my experience, women tend to do X and would be better off doing Y. It may

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues

2013-02-20 Thread Paul Wennekes
Shevtsov Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 1:36 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues Let's not forget that the original comment that triggered this whole discussion was made by a woman! I don't think it was intended to be sexist. It's not sexist to say, In my

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues

2013-02-20 Thread Judith S. Weis
, February 19, 2013 1:36 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues Let's not forget that the original comment that triggered this whole discussion was made by a woman! I don't think it was intended to be sexist. It's not sexist to say, In my experience, women tend

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues

2013-02-19 Thread Amberly Moon
As an unemployed individual with a Masters degree and 4.5 years of daily work experience using ArcGIS (as well as numerous other types of experience both in the field and office including state and federal jobs), I am still having an extraordinarily difficult time finding a job. Is there any

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues

2013-02-19 Thread Jane Shevtsov
Let's not forget that the original comment that triggered this whole discussion was made by a woman! I don't think it was intended to be sexist. It's not sexist to say, In my experience, women tend to do X and would be better off doing Y. It may be accurate or inaccurate, but it's not sexist.

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues

2013-02-19 Thread Hanberry, Brice B.
Message- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Jane Shevtsov Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 1:36 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues Let's not forget that the original comment that triggered

[ECOLOG-L] So what does the science say? ... Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues

2013-02-19 Thread Denise Burchsted
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 1:36 PM To:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues Let's not forget that the original comment that triggered this whole discussion was made by a woman! I don't think it was intended to be sexist. It's not sexist to say, In my experience

Re: [ECOLOG-L] So what does the science say? ... Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues

2013-02-19 Thread Cynthia O'Rourke
.**EDU ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Jane Shevtsov Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 1:36 PM To:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues Let's not forget that the original comment that triggered this whole discussion was made by a woman! I don't think

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Science Publications Review bias prevention Re: [ECOLOG-L] So what does the science say? ... Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues

2013-02-19 Thread Wayne Tyson
- From: Cynthia O'Rourke To: Wayne Tyson Cc: ECOLOG-L@listserv.umd.edu Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 8:57 PM Subject: Re: Science Publications Review bias prevention Re: [ECOLOG-L] So what does the science say? ... Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues It's apparently the norm in some fields

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Science Publications Review bias prevention Re: [ECOLOG-L] So what does the science say? ... Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues

2013-02-19 Thread Cynthia O'Rourke
the science say? ... Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues Double-blind peer review, in which neither author nor reviewer identity are revealed, is rarely practised in ecology or evolution journals. However, in 2001, double-blind review was introduced by the journal Behavioral Ecology. Following this policy

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues

2013-02-18 Thread Leslie M. Adams
Now, I am the one who must speak up and voice my support for Yvette (and Chandreyee). While no slight may have been intended, as a female scientist I too experienced the responses Yvette cites - and especially the one recently posted by Dr. Olden - as belittling and dismissive. There is

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues

2013-02-18 Thread Miguel Cañedo
Seems to me that you completely misunderstood Dr. Olden's e-mail, who (to my understanding) just tried to help everyone to reject sexist comments like the one originally posted. I am not saying that this kind of comments should not be publicly disapproved, and probably just moving them into the

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues

2013-02-18 Thread Silvia Secchi
Exactly! We are now all feeding the troll. Let's talk about best strategies to be successful. I taught myself GIS after getting my PhD (which is in economics btw) and was very willing to collaborate, rip my writing to shreds and re-submit to end up with grant proposals that would be funded (note

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Gender issues

2013-02-18 Thread Chandreyee Mitra
Dear all, I was not at all offended by Dr. Olden's advice, and, as a matter of fact, found it very sensible. Thanks Chandreyee On Feb 18, 2013, at 13:40, Leslie M. Adams leslie.ad...@comcast.net wrote: Now, I am the one who must speak up and voice my support for Yvette (and Chandreyee).