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 > To: [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Data mining ³Rate My Professor² by gender and > discipline > > 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 > <[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]><mailto:[log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>> wrote: > Enjoy. > > http://benschmidt.org/profGender/ > > > David W. 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