Thanks Dewey!

[Joel Rauber <Joel_Rauber@SDSTATE.EDU>]

Dewey,

Thanks for the reference.  While it is fairly obvious what some of my
thoughts and opinions are on this topic and my question was mostly
rhetorical; I'll have to try and find the reference and read it, it looks
like it may give some interesting perspective on the topic.

Joel Rauber
Joel_Rauber@sdstate.edu


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> Subject: Re: How To Recruit Women to Tech and IT Classes
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> > I'd be a little bit curious to find out exactly would be a
> female/feminine
> > view point ons e.g. supersymmetry in String theory?  Or for
> that matter,
> > what would be a male/masculine viewpoint on the same issue?
> >
> > Joel Rauber
> > Joel_Rauber@sdstate.edu
>
> Theodore Roszak wrote a book recently titled:  The Gendered
> Atom, which
> might give some idea as to the direction one might look.
>
> Dewey
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