tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989361330922276730.post315513960598096277..comments2024-02-27T08:12:11.509-08:00Comments on Women in Logic: Impromptu LiCS 2016Valeriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01336528462208811726noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989361330922276730.post-79935022967391751902016-07-07T02:32:30.487-07:002016-07-07T02:32:30.487-07:00Thanks for the great comment, Carolyn! unfortunat...Thanks for the great comment, Carolyn! unfortunately I don't think it has changed much. Every one I talk to still seems to have their own crying in the restroom moments. A lot of them, actually. my goal now is to provide the data showing that the playing field is not level, despite efforts to make it so. that "implicit bias" still rules supreme. I could be wrong though, please send over any evidence that you may have, one way or the other.Valeriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01336528462208811726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989361330922276730.post-2651731266967764002016-07-06T23:35:26.575-07:002016-07-06T23:35:26.575-07:00Hi V, here's a difficult admission for me. I w...Hi V, here's a difficult admission for me. I was on the programme committee for a fairly early LiCS. I think there was one other woman on it whom I didn't know, and I did know some of the men. I was two years post doc and had previously had two papers accepted at LiCS. After 2 hours or so of the discussions I had a little cry in the ladies' toilets because I felt I had been talked over and ignored and patronised in a way I hadn't experienced for a while. I have never told anyone this but your blog brought it back to me. I picked myself up of course and went back in to be a bit more assertive and it did get better -- at least I felt better. I am sure nobody was doing anything deliberate, and I expect everyone (female) knows that feeling of speaking and nobody noticing, and a man repeating your words...I hope it has changed, it probably has. It sounds really pathetic of me, but I still remember the horrid moment very clearly and that's over 20 years ago. To be fair, I was probably the youngest and least experienced person at the meeting. I am sure my inclusion was an honest attempt to include a woman. I wouldn't want to be negative about anyone present, it's a long time ago, other times, and I was probably being fairly 'under-stated' (as I used to be accused of.... not any more :-) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05312038632108571184noreply@blogger.com