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Re: [ox] Technik&Gender (was: HOWTO Encourage Women in Linux)



Aloha Oliver und alle,

ich habe erst vor einigen Tagen einen Artikel gelesen, in dem eine
Informatikprofessorin ihre Erfahrungen mit Studentinnen
eingeschaetzt hat. Das ungefaehre Ergebnis war, dass Maedchen von
Maedchenschulen sich  signifikant mehr fuer Informatik
interessieren und darin auch besser sind  (gegenueber welcher
Vergleichsgruppe auch immer). Leider weiss ich nicht  mehr wo der
Artikel erschienen ist, aber es gibt in dem Zusammenhang  einige
Studien ..

na, das wundert mich nicht. Unter Wesen, die alle das gleiche
Sozialisierungsproblem haben, ist es viel leichter Hemmungen
abzubauen. Es ist nicht peinlich etwas nicht zu wissen, weil keiner
da ist, der das laecherlich finden koennte (wobei es das unter
Maedels auch geben kann, aber die Vorraussetzungen sind gleicher, udn
damit auch die Chancen). Es ist nichts Neues, das Frauen in reinen
frauengruppen leichter lernen/ bzw sich eher trauen sog.
frauenuntypische Dinge zu lernen.

Da faellt mir noch was zu Val's HOWTO ein. Vielleicht poste ich das
einfach zu ihr, denn da liesse sich noch einiges verbessern.

DON'T use sarcasm, zynism or other forms of style when talking to
another person. It implicates your'e dissing them, and in fact, you
are. Treat opther peoples opinion's with respect.

DON'T bash down someone's crticism on you. Take it as a possibility
to learn, reflect over yourself and keep in mind that the person that
criticizes you might have reasons for that and doesn't necessarily
mean it badly. Keep in mind that women are socialised to be more
sensitive to criticism - and that's a good thing. So be aware of that
and choose a modest way when you criticize; yourself try to react
more senstively when you are being criticized. You have nothing to
lose, you needn't "keep your honour/face". But you can gain more
knowledge about yourself and win another person for the community.
You don't have to answer immediately. It is perfectly ok to say. "oh,
I have to think about that. I have never been aware of it before. I
will answer to you later."

DO apologize when you feel you might have hurt or irritated someone.

DO draw back when you realize your position is too dominant.

DO mention it when you feel a situation is not right, or you feel you
are being pushed into a corner or you think you have made a
mistake... talking about it raises awareness for strange situations
and gives people the opportunity to speak up when they feel
uncomfortable. This is something that might apply on how to deal with
"bad apples". Talk about situations or social processes anytime you
feel the need to. It's also a way of intervening when something goes
completely wrong. To stop the situation and analyze it together.

DON'T think in categories liek you have been tought. Leave them at
the door. There is no need to think in terms of
biggerbetterfastermore than.... You're not here to proove yourself.
Women don't like that kind of think pattern. When they feel they must
proove themselves - against men at that - it is likeley they will
withdraw. Not only are we tought low selfconfidence, but remember: in
every sports competition (and so in most fields in life/in this
world) women's average results are lower than men's. We scarcely feel
we can win over men in their field... and computing is a male
dominated area still.

DO admit you have done something wrong/made a mistake/behaved rudely.
It doesn't break your neck, but it will raise someone elses
selfconsciousness

Those hints are very usefull in everyday life, and not only towards
women, but towards any person.

Aloha,

rehzi




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