Quote: (02-26-2013 07:15 PM)WesternCancer Wrote:Well, the women scientist, philosophers, mathematicians, etc. are there, it's just if you were to look at them the first thing you would notice is they are not that attractive. Sure, you can probably find the occasional 7 or 8 in the hard sciences, but it's a rarity. After all, one afternoon at a university will persuade you of this, just look at pysch classrooms and then go to the math or computer science classrooms.
The "accomplishments" of these women in the excerpt you gave aren't actually accomplishments. It would be interesting to see a program about female scientists who have discovered new treatments for diseases, female engineers who build bridges or work with others to discover some new technological innovation, what about psychologists or philosophers who changed the way we think? What about a woman in a position of power who actually caused large social change, like activists or governments who topple a dictatorship?
Of course, it makes perfect sense. No dimepiece is going to bust her ass at hard shit to make a living. Why would she? Isn't that the whole point of her looks? To leverage them to get a better life.
Anymore, I think social commentary and social activism is ok and all, but it's just run of the mill stuff. Anyone can do it.