The frequency of use of the word "unqualified" in student reviews of women teaching engineering is so high compared to that for both men and women in other disciplines that it barely fits on the graph. Lads, do you really think unqualified women get to teach tech at universities?
The frequency of use of the word "unqualified" in student reviews of women teaching engineering is so high compared to that for both men and women in other disciplines that it barely fits on the graph. Lads, do you really think unqualified women get to teach tech at universities?
Naturally, the response of the twittersphere to a woman professor suggesting that there may be bias in evaluations of the qualifications of female engineers is to question the qualifications of that woman professor. Sigh. x.com/MentallyMusefu…
Naturally, the response of the twittersphere to a woman professor suggesting that there may be bias in evaluations of the qualifications of female engineers is to question the qualifications of that woman professor. Sigh. x.com/MentallyMusefu…
@ProfRachelGaN And engineering really strikes me as odd - because there are no significant differences in other STEM fields (physics, chemistry, math, biology, computer science...)
@ProfRachelGaN They really do. It’s pervasive attitude among many male engineering students - an automatic judgment of “she only got this job because of her gender” when they see a female professor. And they are more likely to think that way if they have their ego checked by said professor.
@ProfRachelGaN This could be partly because many are new - I know I got bad reviews in my first year, and with the % of women in Engineering expanding, more would be in their first 1-2 years. I've met some dubious hires who might be padding the stats though.
@ProfRachelGaN I want to see the association between the use of these words per gender and the gender of the person using them.