Also, if you type in homophobic slurs, you'll find that they are almost
always targeted at men.
On 2/11/15 2:02 PM, Lisa Tessman wrote:
> There are some negative terms that seem to be reserved for men,
> including "dick" and "jerk," and couple of other words I won't write
> on a public listserv. But one cannot search for "bitch" because
> ratemyprofessor screens it out.
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Lisa Rivera <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> You are entirely right about that Alison.
>
> I'm so curious to see what search terms people are using.
> Virtually every negative term I could think of was used much more
> frequently for women. Except for 'boring'--that's correlated more
> highly to men--but not by very much.
>
> 'Sarcastic' also correlates more highly to men. 'Unhappy' to
> women. I am going to have a hard time getting any work done
> today--this is too fascinating.
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Alison Reiheld <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
> Yes, I think Ornaith is on the write track.
>
> To unpack this a bit, here's what I think may be happening:
> women are supposed to be nurturing, caring, emotional (this is
> both used in their favor and against them). When they aren't,
> it is a betrayal. How unfair that she is not nurturing or
> caring to me! How mean that she is not nurturing or caring, as
> she ought to be! Because if women are not being kind, but are
> very emotional, they must be acting unfairly and in a mean way.
>
> This fits with my recent experiences. In a recent semester, I
> had to come down hard on a student who was consistently
> absent, not showing up for class regularly, making the same
> mistakes paper after paper, etc. That was the only semester
> that anyone has ever called me passive-aggressive on student
> evals.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Best,
> Alison
>
>
>
> Quoting "ODowd, Ornaith (odowdoh)" <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>:
>
> On the combination of “caring” with “unfair” and “mean,”
> it strikes me as being a lot like a certain teenage
> conception of “Mom.”
> -Ornaith.
>
> From: Feminist ethics and social theory
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>] On Behalf Of Alison Bailey
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 2:00 PM
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> Subject: Re: Data mining ³Rate My Professor² by gender and
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> Hey All,
>
> What a great tool for implicit bias! Can anyone make
> sense of the fact that women are at once "caring" and
> "unfair" and "mean"?
>
> Alison
> On 2/11/15 6:54 AM, Chris J. Cuomo wrote:
> Wow. I just searched "smart," "interesting,"
> "challenging," and "caring" and the results were
> fascinating, regarding both gender and our profession.
>
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:46 AM, Concepcion, David
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> Enjoy.
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> http://benschmidt.org/profGender/
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