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. >> >> From: Feminist ethics and social theory [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >> On Behalf Of Alison Bailey >> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 2:00 PM >> To: [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]>> wrote: >> Enjoy. >> >> http://benschmidt.org/profGender/ >> >> >> David W. Concepción >> Professor and Chair >> Philosophy & Religious Studies, NQ 204 >> Ball State University >> Affiliate Faculty, Women’s and Gender Studies >> Past-President, American Association of Philosophy Teachers >> ############################ >> >> To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto:FEAST-L-SIGNOFF- >> [log in to unmask]<mailto:FEAST-L-SIGNOFF- >> [log in to unmask]> or click the following link: >> https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1 >> >> ############################ >> >> To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto:FEAST-L-SIGNOFF- >> [log in to unmask] or click the following link: >> https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1 >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Dr. Alison Bailey >> >> ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY >> >> Women's and Gender Studies, Director >> >> Philosophy, Professor >> >> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> >> _____________ >> >> >> >> FIND US ON FACEBOOK! http://www.facebook.com/ISUWGS?fref=ts >> >> >> >> >> >> 309.438.5617 >> ############################ >> >> To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto:FEAST-L-SIGNOFF- >> [log in to unmask] or click the following link: >> https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1 >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Alison Reiheld > Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy > College of Arts and Sciences > SIU-Edwardsville > Scholarly blog: http://www.ijfab.org/blog/author/alisonreiheld/ > Twitter: @AlisonReiheld > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: > write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > or click the following link: > https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1 > ############################ To unsubscribe from the FEAST-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: https://listserv.jmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=FEAST-L&A=1