Posted by Shy_Girl on May 3, 2005, at 1:07:09
In reply to Happy...but something's missing, posted by Shy_Girl on May 2, 2005, at 23:53:35
Hmmmm...I wonder why so few women are into astronomy?? My local astronomy club is probably 80% male. It is very strange to go to a dark sky site and be the only girl there.
I don't have any problems with this at all, I don't see anything a man can do that I cannot. On-line I don't even notice that almost everyone is male. I sometimes get offended when people automatically refer to a doctor as a "he," I always correct them...I even corrected the pdoc who locked me up at the hospital for 72hours when I ODed! ....there was no convincing him to let me out though. (I tried really hard to convince him, I think I did convince the residents!...who where left confused). I guess you can say I'm a bit of a feminist...and I'm proud to be one!
My mom was worried about me carpooling with a bunch of mostly middle-aged guys out to the middle of nowhere to stay overnight stargazing. I didn't think I was in any danger because we all just wanted to observe...I wonder if I'm naive? I hate to think stereotypically, but I suppose there are facts and statistics to be aware of. What do you think?
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