(July 28, 2014 at 7:58 pm)Alice Wrote:

(July 23, 2014 at 5:07 pm)whateverist Wrote: What does she have that I don't have?

A dingaling

This is how rumors get started. I'll have you know I do have a humdinger of a bell ringer. What I lack are the bewbies silly. But I have a nice set at my disposal and I don't even have the suckers around all day so I'm not complaining. [Get it? "Suckers".]

(July 29, 2014 at 2:53 am)whateverist Wrote: This is how rumors get started. I'll have you know I do have a humdinger of a bell ringer.

In your closet, packed neatly into a little box of other such articles.

Quote:What I lack are the bewbies silly. But I have a nice set at my disposal and I don't even have the suckers around all day so I'm not complaining. [Get it? "Suckers".]

They're right by the other box, yes, we know.

... I wasn't aware that they made proper tentacle toys... I thought they were beyond our techn-wait...

....

You have a pet octopus? OMG, that is so hot.

(July 22, 2014 at 8:08 am)Bibliofagus Wrote:

(July 22, 2014 at 8:05 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: As someone who is relatively new to atheist forums, I've only heard about Atheism+ by reference in other conversations. What's the deal with Atheism+? Do people not like it as a group?

As I understood it it attaches a whole bunch of ideology to atheism. Hence: Atheism +

And herding atheists is like herding cats...

I hate that analogy Lol.
My mother in law has 6 cats and I HATE cats.. I am not a small whiskered annoying smelly furry fuck

(July 29, 2014 at 3:12 am)TheGamingAtheist Wrote: I am not a small whiskered annoying smelly furry fuck

But you have one, right?

Quote:I find the benefits to womanhood far outweigh those of manhood.

You clearly do not work in science or heavy industry. As a civil engineer, we get the short end of the stick.

(July 29, 2014 at 8:50 am)Natachan Wrote:

Quote:I find the benefits to womanhood far outweigh those of manhood.

You clearly do not work in science or heavy industry. As a civil engineer, we get the short end of the stick.

I'm a set-gillnet commercial fisherman. I like to believe that my operation of heavy equipment between that and the various construction jobs I do up here would be counted under 'heavy industry'... but then I do have the paralyzing fear of heights, which makes it difficult to work on building a multistory house without a harness or even a stable ladder (let alone a stairway) up the thing...

And regardless... the social benefits we enjoy are incredible. There are advantages to being a woman, and there are advantages to being a man... and while in any given category one might stand a head above the other: in the end, our net advantages are quite nearly equal.

... Why would women have a short stick in science?

(July 22, 2014 at 1:55 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: I've just read through this thread, and wow. I think I'll be staying far, far away from those kooks.

Was "Curious" actually Matt Dillahunty?

EDIT: Okay, reading further, it appears so...LMAO. And they banned both of his accounts? Double LMAO.

(July 31, 2014 at 3:26 am)Pickup_shonuff Wrote:

(July 22, 2014 at 1:55 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: I've just read through this thread, and wow. I think I'll be staying far, far away from those kooks.

Was "Curious" actually Matt Dillahunty?

EDIT: Okay, reading further, it appears so...LMAO. And they banned both of his accounts? Double LMAO.

........ Wow. Not very often surprised by stupidity, but WOW.

(July 29, 2014 at 5:49 pm)Alice Wrote:

(July 29, 2014 at 8:50 am)Natachan Wrote: You clearly do not work in science or heavy industry. As a civil engineer, we get the short end of the stick.

I'm a set-gillnet commercial fisherman. I like to believe that my operation of heavy equipment between that and the various construction jobs I do up here would be counted under 'heavy industry'... but then I do have the paralyzing fear of heights, which makes it difficult to work on building a multistory house without a harness or even a stable ladder (let alone a stairway) up the thing...

And regardless... the social benefits we enjoy are incredible. There are advantages to being a woman, and there are advantages to being a man... and while in any given category one might stand a head above the other: in the end, our net advantages are quite nearly equal.

... Why would women have a short stick in science?

This is just in my experience, but in math and science courses you are expected to be not as good as the male counterparts. as such many professors tend to overlook female students in favor of male students. In their defense, I don't think they're intentionally shunning women, I think it's unconscious. You CAN get attention and recognition in math and science, but you have to be spectacular to do so. there's also pay disparities and professional opportunity differences. I am rarely, if ever, invited into the field to collect samples for the DOT. This is despite the fact that I am going to be the one processing them. Professional engineering societies are largely populated by men, and the ones I've tried to get involved in have been....less than welcoming.

(July 31, 2014 at 7:33 am)Natachan Wrote: This is just in my experience, but in math and science courses you are expected to be not as good as the male counterparts. as such many professors tend to overlook female students in favor of male students.

This is a leftover of a time when women's courses in school were... home ec, home ec, some more home ec, and maybe a little bit of... home ec, and they were expected to take home ec.

That time is over, and so too will this utterly disappear in time.

Quote:In their defense, I don't think they're intentionally shunning women, I think it's unconscious. You CAN get attention and recognition in math and science, but you have to be spectacular to do so. there's also pay disparities and professional opportunity differences.

You always have to be spectacular to get recognition. If one doesn't stand out, then why would they be recognized within a crowd of others who do not stand out?

The pay disparities are more often due to personal decisions than to anything else (taking a break from school to raise a child, for instance).

Professional opportunities exist aplenty in the sciences regardless of gender... though I will note that having to pay people who aren't working stings for a lot of people, and women can easily incur that risk through pregnancy. Sure, it's one thing to be happy for them... but it's another thing to run and manage a business.

Quote:I am rarely, if ever, invited into the field to collect samples for the DOT. This is despite the fact that I am going to be the one processing them. Professional engineering societies are largely populated by men, and the ones I've tried to get involved in have been....less than welcoming.

And nursing societies are dominated by women. We come very close to evening out... and more women than ever are becoming engineers, and more men than ever are becoming nurses.

Nothing needs to be done, as these disparities will cure themselves.