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]> 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. >>> >>> 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. 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