> From: Urb LeJeune[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 1998 5:36 AM
>
>
> society does not prepare females for failure. Male children are almost
>
> required to play on athletic teams, until a generation female
> athletics
> was discourgaged. Failure (losing) is part of athletics, the coachs
> extols their charges, "forget what happened and just try harder."
>
hmm, interesting observation, urb, and not the first time i've heard
this. but there are types of competition other than sports -- I was on
the debate team, competed at state level. extemperaneous speaking; same.
one-act play; same. are those kind of competitions still available? it's
not exactly the same -- more like basketball round-robin finals, but
there is still the possiblity of loss.
of course, i also played basketball in HS and softball in elementary
school.
> <CONTROVERSIAL PART>
> Having said that, I'm not overly concerned that there are not
> more
> Ph.D. in computer science. First where is the concern that departments
> of
> Nursing are almost exclusively female and departs of Biology are about
> 90%
> female? The undergraduate enrollment in schools or education is about
> 80%
> female. About 80% of educational doctorates go to males (I have one.)
> All
> that says to me is that given more than equal oportunity, females op
> not
> to go into administration (competation) and education has lower
> priority
> than for males. As a member of the human race, I say thank God for the
>
> later.
> </CONTROVERSIAL PART>
>
>
Brent also notes the lack of women in hard-core technical jobs when he
was at Corel. Well, maybe this is partially biology ... given the
different brain structures [in general] between men and women -- perhaps
women enjoy/are better at/etc. jobs and tasks that utilize both sides of
the brain [speaking here of the difference in the connectivity between
right and left brains].
if that is the case, then the "one track mindedness" of hard-core tech
may not be appealing. *I* certainly wouldn't want a job where all I did
was code.
for further reading <g>:
_The Moral Animal: Why We Are The Way We Are_
This month's copy of _Utne Reader_ -- something like, "It's 2 am, do you
know what sex you are? Does anyone?"
Kathy
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