• fckreddit@lemmy.ml
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    15 hours ago

    This just makes me sad. How can science advance, if we gatekeep one half of human population? In my academic career I have consistently found women to be smarter and better than men. Yet, these misogynistic ideas seem to persist. We deserve better than old farts with even older bias heading the institutions that make up our society.

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      13 hours ago

      It’s exactly that is why they’re kept down. Tiny men are afraid that they won’t seem as smart as the woman in the room.

      As a man, I try to be different. I mentor the women around me and encourage them to do more, be better. I successfully got one of my mentee to negotiate her salary just yesterday even though she felt uncomfortable doing so. Try to be the change we need

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        13 hours ago

        I don’t mentor anybody. I am not smarter than anybody and frankly I am always learning from everybody, at all levels of experience.

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          Never claimed to be smarter than anyone, but if you’re experienced then people look up to you. A little bit of encouragement can go a long way. Like my story, all I did was nudge her to negotiate, and she felt the confidence to do so.