Mad Boys, Mad Boys (#wit #technology #feminism #sexism)

[brandietarvin]

This is is why women can't have nice things. Apparently it is dirty pool to keep men out of the room when it comes time for women to form their own groups. According to attorney Al Rava, who claims to have filed 150 sex discrimination lawsuits against California businesses, women-only technology groups and networking events are inherently "anti-

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[thewayne]

Yeah, lots of women! The current head of the consortium that funds/runs the observatory is currently a woman. The other telescope is probably closer to a 50/50 gender mix, it also has a higher rate of PhDs. When we first started dating 12ish years ago my to-be-future wife was the only woman on her telescope (she was already in charge back then), so that has certainly changed over the years.

Thus far, one of the engineers, one of the telescope operators, and the head of the consortium are all in favor of the female candidate. The sad thing is that there was another applicant that was extremely qualified, but all of the other applicants had PhDs and the other just had a BS and just couldn't compete. In any other applicant pool they probably would have been a shoe-in, my wife told them to keep an eu out and they might stand a better chance later.

Apparently in astrophysics, if you're going for a doctorate, you pay for your BS and the uni pays for most of your grad work. You pay for books and lodging/meals. So you can end up with a surprisingly (comparatively) small amount of debt after you graduate.