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Dear Steve et al.career
While I also agree that there probably is no gender or cultural
viewpoint that would have meaning for basic physics, we should still make
every effort to encourage bright individuals to consider physics as a
regardless of gender or cultural background.
Here in the United States the college population is now
approximately 60% female. Unless we do a better job recruiting from that
population, there won't be many physics departments a decade or two from
now.
Mark Shapiro
http://www.IrascibleProfessor.com
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From: Steven T. Ratliff [mailto:STR@NWC.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 7:34 AM
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Joel makes a good point. I don't think that there are gender or cultural
viewpoints in physics. If you think so, then please give an example. The
equations and results should be the same for all.
Steven T. Ratliff
Associate Professor of Physics
Northwestern College
3003 Snelling Ave. N.
St. Paul, MN 55113-1598
U. S. A.
Internet: str@nwc.edu (or stratliff@nwc.edu)
Joel Rauber <Joel_Rauber@SDSTATE.EDU>
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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
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Dan MacIsaac says some thoughtful things here. He seems to
say that the
physics community would benefit from a female/feminine
viewpoint on various
scientific topics. I think that this may be valid. On the
other hand I
don't see much value in inviting historians or sociologists
to a physics
conference just to get a wider viewpoint,
Jim Green
At 14:49 23 08 2000 , you wrote:
If we don't make attempts to include traditionallyunderrepresented groups
in high tech and science related fields, we depriveourselves of their
skills
in what is already an extremely tight labour market for suchpeople. We
also lose their very different insights and contributions toour fields,
which will be poorer without them. Very soon the majorityof Americans
will
be ethnically different from the majority of physicsfaculty, which will
not
help our somewhat estranged present status at all.
Jim Green
mailto:JMGreen@sisna.com
http://users.sisna.com/jmgreen