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Category Archives: Equality
Thinking about Compassion
Compassion. That seems to be a word that is much in the air around me recently. I alluded to it in a recent post in the context of the need for self-control, but have discussed it more extensively in the … Continue reading
Nice Girls don’t Ask – but Should
In the unfolding furore about the published gender pay gap at the BBC, the situation was not improved by the comments of Philip Hampton who implied that women had ‘let it happen’ and ‘weren’t doing much about it’. Given that … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged market supplement, negotiation, pay gap, Philip Hampton
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Equality, Chattels and Judgement
‘What was called spirit and wit in him, was cruelly repressed in me’. It is interesting to try to date this quote from a female character in a novel, because the sentiment (if not the phrasing) could still be written … Continue reading
Marital High Jinks and Academia
I am quite sure I have never previously had occasion to write the name Wayne Rooney in any situation, but he does seem relevant to the topic of gendered sentences. Hadley Freeman wrote a withering piece last week about how … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Science Culture
Tagged feisty, Hadley Freeman, letters of reference, Wayne Rooney
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Admissions in Balance
Last October when I sat at the undergraduate Matriculation Dinner and looked across Churchill College’s large Hall, I was dismayed to see that the proportion of Freshers was very far from a 50:50 mix of men and women. I am … Continue reading
