Twenties, big boobs AND a wheelchair?
So, do you come here often?

Seriously though, despite being male, I can kind of sympathise. I distinctly recall having a lab partner as an undergrad who was rather ample-chested (wonder why I remember that...) and an old Russian guy as an instructor who seemed to have trouble coming to terms with the idea that women could be scientists. Every time she asked him a question, he'd answer me, as if she didn't exist. Which was not only really insulting for her, but also annoying for me as his accent was impossibly thick and his breath smelt fucking awful.
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 11:21, 1 reply)

I no longer have
a wheelchair fortunately. The paralysis entirely receded. I've lurked around b3ta for years, but the time when I was ill it was especially useful for a laugh.

And yeah I think scientists have it the worst. One of my friend's tutors still won't look at her in tutorials, or ask her any questions. And if she gets something wrong, she doesn't get reprimanded, it's as though she isn't worth the trouble of correcting
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 11:29, closed)

Unfortunately,
I was (in fact still am) in a department which contains a lot of old guys who are generally very well respected in their field, but have the age-old problem common to many physicists - they are tremendously awkward in the presence of women. Nobody corrected this whilst they were young undergrads or PhD students, and in the peak of their career, they probably only encountered women as secretaries. I suspect it may be too late for them and we'll just have to hope that subsequent generations will have it beaten/motorboated out of them...
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 11:38, closed)

yeah
just something that has to be endured. I have a cousin who does nuclear physics, and she still hasn't met a woman in the field where she works
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Fri 16 Oct 2009, 11:44, closed)