Bubbly, inefficient and interested

[debka_notion]

Last night, watched a movie with zodiacmg and talked afterwards. Made a very pleasant decision.

Just had a very happy day, but I didn't get enough work done, partially because there was more of it than I was expecting: I forgot about a Women's Studies response paper (only a page, but still), and had to do an outline that I'd thought was due Friday. Oh well. I'm not terribly thrilled with how any of it came out, but at least my Hebrew presentation is off to a good start now, I think. That said, I'm going to shower and sleep, and then work after minyan tomorrow, hopefully.

Interestingly, the article I did my response paper on talked about how biology textbooks are enforcing traditional female roles by describing eggs as passive and sperm as active, and by viewing female reproductive cell generation as wasting, and male reproductive cell production as productive, when really, either description could apply to either sex. It was a fascinating article: it struck home in a way, just because I know I've encountered a lot of the language they talked about a number of times, and at the same time, I never thought of it as anything but impartial scientific language. I wonder how aware of this the scientists who write these things are. That wasn't addressed- it was only 4 1/2 pages, which may have contributed to its punch.

Comments

[tirerim.livejournal.com]

Last night, watched a movie with [info]zodiacmg and talked afterwards. Made a very pleasant decision.

<raises eyebrow politely> Care to bestow any further enlightenment? This in combination with one of the lines in your last post tends to implicate a certain conclusion, and another of the lines suggests that you know what I mean by "implicate". :-)

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

I'd guess you just about got the idea. It just isn't something I announce online, although that word choice is pretty much the same thing.

[shirei-shibolim.livejournal.com]

If I'm reading correctly . . . then the pattern continues. :)

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

It was done rather on purpose, so yes you're right.

[thevortex.livejournal.com]

Science is by no means impartial; it is just more impartial than many other fields. Agendae, however, really muck things up, as to dishonest acts like the falsification of data.

Huzzah!

The Vortex

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

I didn't say science was impartial, I said scientific writing was supposed to be impartial- at least to the point of not using loaded language. Admittedly, those scientists might not realize what they're doing, it could be subconscious enough that their word choice looks impartial to them.