Posts Tagged ‘seventh grade’

What’s the Gender of Your Default Scientist?

Before and After.
Geek Feminism Blog points to a really interesting exercise that has "seventh-graders  draw and describe their image of scientists before and after a visit to Fermilab." Several of the students modified the gender of their illustrated scientists after a visit to the lab. Others, uh, didn't. Here's the blog's breakdown of the [...]

Boner Lane: The Boners We Missed Along the Way

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After reading my post yesterday on taking a "Trip Down Boner Lane," one reader wrote in with a concerned message: "They missed the Beach Boner," he wrote.
Though my friend was quick to clarify that he, himself has "never even experienced beach boner," only "heard several accounts," he had a good point. In all the discussion [...]