sexism in science
sporte | September 20, 2007The-Scientist recently posted a short piece on science-related blogs and interviewed seven different science bloggers to find out which blogs they recommend.
One puzzling feature about the piece is that all the bloggers they interviewed were male.
Pretty harmless, right?
Sure.
Except, as others have pointed out (here and here), these kind of invisible moments add up.
Here are some of mine:
I rode my bike to work yesterday and happened on a large bill-board with the phrase: "Are you a long-haired, pony-tail-wearing, software geek?" I was stunned. How did they know? When did I become…