> "increases in masculine wording were sufficient to decrease women's job appeal ratings and their anticipated belongingness in specific occupations"
> People in Silicon Valley are dicks
> Hire those bothered by suck
> [random butt statue]
> People in Silicon Valley are dicks
> Hire those bothered by suck
> [random butt statue]
This talk got restructured at least twice this week before I gave it, but I should have reworded those phrases, too.
Maybe we should look on this as an opportunity to alter our vocabulary. I bet most of the people on this board are like me -- when they were twelve, they had a vocabulary like a college graduate. But somehow as adults we decided it was cool to talk like twelve-year-olds.
The story is a few thousand years old http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_Callipyge#Interpretations The "objectification" might be considered sexist now, but I doubt the original story meant to belittle the women in any way.