On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 2:49 PM, Lisa Rivera <[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]> 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]>:

On the combination of “caring” with “unfair” and “mean,” it strikes me as being a lot like a certain teenage conception of “Mom.”
-Ornaith.

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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 <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Enjoy.

http://benschmidt.org/profGender/

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