Trans-view of gender bias

[astra_nomer]

This news is a tad old by now, but there's a very interesting article in last week's issue of Nature (requires subscription to read full text) written by Ben Barres, a scientist who used be known as Barbara Barres, about how sexism in the scientific community keeps women from succeeding. He cites a number of studies documenting gender bias in addition to his own anecdotes. A particularly choice one:

Shortly after I changed sex, a faculty member was heard to say, "Ben Barres gave a great seminar today, but then his work is much better than his sister's."

The NY Times had an interview with him. (thanks to fredrickegerman for the tip.)

Comments

[rms10.livejournal.com]

I used to commonly get called by my last name. It was mostly by other guys, and it was almost always by other people whose last names had a good ring to them.

I was a bit of an exception, though, and I guess it was a combination of my vague tomboy nature and the excellent resonation of my last name.

[rms10.livejournal.com]

I meant "resonance". Doh.