Wed Apr 28, 2021 2:13 pm
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I was thinking of you FF when I wrote Airline rather than Commercial.
mehreenabbass wrote:The aim of the research is to suggest that female initiatives are effective and may aid in lifting the gender disparity for the profession, however providing a balancing argument that women do or can progress without initiatives.
Tall_Guy_In_a_PA28 wrote:I 'get' the purpose of positive discrimination, but it also makes me uncomfortable
Tall_Guy_In_a_PA28 wrote:mehreenabbass wrote:The aim of the research is to suggest that female initiatives are effective and may aid in lifting the gender disparity for the profession, however providing a balancing argument that women do or can progress without initiatives.
In academia it is conventional to conduct the research before coming to a conclusion! It would be better to say "The aim of the research is to determine whether female initiatives are effective..."
Flyingfemme wrote:I think it is often about perception of what you are doing.........Plenty of women I know are fabulous cooks/bakers; which involves chemistry, measuring, mixing, reactions etc. Also a lot of needlecrafters who deal with properties of materials, cutting, joining methods and design to fit a purpose - sounds like an engineering description to me. But hardly any woman I ever meet thinks that they do "technical stuff"!
HedgeSparrow wrote:The same questions could be asked about the reverse situation in nursing or primary school teaching, for instance.