<story><title>“Let her speak please”</title><url>https://www.facebook.com/marilee.talkington/posts/10155051385188961</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>andai</author><text>&amp;gt; You may be amazed to hear it, but during this panel session I genuinely did not feel affronted or discriminated by the moderator’s behavior. It seemed more amusing to see him try posing a question in a way that at the same time tried answering it. It’s true that this made the question a bit of a moving target for me (and therefore harder to address coherently), but I don’t a-priori assume that the incident was rooted in sexism. Maybe I’m too naive, but I simply gave him the benefit of doubt that he was so excited by the newly-learned idea of the duality that he couldn’t resist, and that the same might have occurred had the panelist been a male instead of me. So it didn’t bother me.&lt;p&gt;...&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Please understand that I’m not trying to say that sexism in science is a myth. It is real and we should all aspire to diminish it. But I am trying to say that it need not pose as much of an impediment as you might fear and that you might be in more control over its influence yourself than you might think. Just as you put up with long lines to see a great show, or with sore feet or mosquitos to have a great hike etc., the annoyance of otherwise abominable behavior diminishes in the larger perspective of doing something you really enjoy.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;marilee.talkington&amp;#x2F;posts&amp;#x2F;10155051385188961?comment_id=10155053361413961&amp;amp;comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D&amp;amp;_rdc=1&amp;amp;_rdr&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;marilee.talkington&amp;#x2F;posts&amp;#x2F;1015505138...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kefka</author><text>Indeed, a level-headed comment is what is required in this situation. This is her livelihood, her career.. Pretty much everything for her.&lt;p&gt;If she was to attack her colleagues, it would spell certain doom for her career. Her opinions and proofs would be dismissed and denigrated. And the specter of &amp;quot;Will I be accused of sexism if I pan this paper?&amp;quot; will rear its ugly head anywhere she would turn.&lt;p&gt;Think of this as an analogy to badmouthing your previous employer in an interview. You just don&amp;#x27;t do it. Except, now exchange interview for world-wide public debate&amp;#x2F;discussion. Nobody in the world, in that field, would consider her.</text></comment>
<story><title>“Let her speak please”</title><url>https://www.facebook.com/marilee.talkington/posts/10155051385188961</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>andai</author><text>&amp;gt; You may be amazed to hear it, but during this panel session I genuinely did not feel affronted or discriminated by the moderator’s behavior. It seemed more amusing to see him try posing a question in a way that at the same time tried answering it. It’s true that this made the question a bit of a moving target for me (and therefore harder to address coherently), but I don’t a-priori assume that the incident was rooted in sexism. Maybe I’m too naive, but I simply gave him the benefit of doubt that he was so excited by the newly-learned idea of the duality that he couldn’t resist, and that the same might have occurred had the panelist been a male instead of me. So it didn’t bother me.&lt;p&gt;...&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Please understand that I’m not trying to say that sexism in science is a myth. It is real and we should all aspire to diminish it. But I am trying to say that it need not pose as much of an impediment as you might fear and that you might be in more control over its influence yourself than you might think. Just as you put up with long lines to see a great show, or with sore feet or mosquitos to have a great hike etc., the annoyance of otherwise abominable behavior diminishes in the larger perspective of doing something you really enjoy.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;marilee.talkington&amp;#x2F;posts&amp;#x2F;10155051385188961?comment_id=10155053361413961&amp;amp;comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D&amp;amp;_rdc=1&amp;amp;_rdr&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.facebook.com&amp;#x2F;marilee.talkington&amp;#x2F;posts&amp;#x2F;1015505138...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>vivekd</author><text>I think she&amp;#x27;s taking a very charitable view of things.  She was constantly interrupted by the moderator in a way that the male speakers weren&amp;#x27;t. There was differential treatment and it didn&amp;#x27;t sound to me like the moderator was so much more excited about her theories than those of the other speakers when he choose to interrupt.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=Er7qPv8jsZo#t=1h1m53s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=Er7qPv8jsZo#t=1h1m53s&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>