dandymeowth: anti-capitalistlesbianwitch: A poster advertising a BYU Women in Math panel — f
dandymeowth: anti-capitalistlesbianwitch: A poster advertising a BYU Women in Math panel — featuring only men — draws criticism online “Is this satire?” the article, oh my god“they just HAPPENED to pick four men to do this thing for women”like no decision is made in a vacuum, a decision that men should spearhead women’s issues isn’t just a coincidence Not to like, derail any outrage. Panel diversity (or lack thereof) is a huge problem but this was NOT a panel meant to feature Women in Mathematics.Here’s what’s up:This poster was made by the Women in Math Group at BYUThis is a student led group, of womenThese women made the decision to invite these four BYU faculty members to talk about their research TO WOMEN INTERESTED IN MATH but not as represenstives of women in mathThe title here isn’t meant to say “pictured below is women in math” but “this event belongs to the club Women in Math”The club and the department have apologized.The BYU has a grand total of 4 female math professors, 3 of whom are visiting or adjunct, and one of whom was the sponsor for the women in math club, so the fact that an internal panel was all male is not surprising (but is indicative of larger issues.)Ultimately, a women’s club is getting a lot of criticism that doesn’t consider the full situation and is assuming men did this, etc, and it seems to have been stressful for students involved -- source link
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