Girls sweep at Google Science Fair
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Girls sweep at Google Science Fair
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#3>For the winning research Ms. Bose looked at a chemotherapy drug, cisplatin, that is commonly taken by women with ovarian cancer. The problem is that the cancer cells tend to grow resistant to cisplatin over time, and Ms. Bose set out to find a way to counteract that.
Original study: https://sites.google.com/site/ampkandcisplatinresistance/
Doesn't seem to have been published yet, but presumably it will be.
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#4I didn't read the article in is entirety, but one line popped out at me, where one of the finalists says something like "Yeah! Girl power!"
Am I the only one who feels like, although men may 'dominate' the hard sciences, one of the reasons (among many others which I won't discuss) why girls may succeed at stages like this is because of the encouragement from a "girl power!" (perhaps, underdog?) mentality?
If boys won and went with "guy power!" they would simply be accused of being sexist or even misogynist rather than fair-minded, or intrinsically motivated.
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#5Dr. Cerf [google's chief Internet Evangelist] said. "This is just a reminder that women are fully capable of doing same or better quality work than men can."
I somehow find this quote to be rather unfortunate. I know he meant it in a good way, but it makes it seem as though the general public needs to be reminded that women aren't less intelligent than men. Perhaps for many that reminder may be required, but I guess the fact that we need such a reminder saddens me. I would have preferred something like that not be mentioned. Or perhaps I would prefer that it need not be pointed out at all.
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#6Dr. Cerf [google's chief Internet Evangelist] said. "This is just a reminder that women are fully capable of doing same or better quality work than men can." I somehow find this quote to be rather unfortunate. I know he meant it in a good way, but it makes it seem as though the general public needs to be reminded that women aren't less intelligent than men. Perhaps for many that reminder may be required, but I guess…
while i agree, doesn't the entire article exist for the same reason as the quote?
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#7I didn't read the article in is entirety, but one line popped out at me, where one of the finalists says something like "Yeah! Girl power!" Am I the only one who feels like, although men may 'dominate' the hard sciences, one of the reasons (among many others which I won't discuss) why girls may succeed at stages like this is because of the encouragement from a "girl power!" (perhaps, underdog?) mentality? If boys won…
If boys won and went with "guy power!" they would simply be accused of being sexist or even misogynist rather than fair-minded, or intrinsically motivated.
Yes. First thing that popped into my head when I read that too.
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#8I didn't read the article in is entirety, but one line popped out at me, where one of the finalists says something like "Yeah! Girl power!" Am I the only one who feels like, although men may 'dominate' the hard sciences, one of the reasons (among many others which I won't discuss) why girls may succeed at stages like this is because of the encouragement from a "girl power!" (perhaps, underdog?) mentality? If boys won…
Solidarity has historically been acceptable in disadvantaged groups and frowned upon when exhibited by privileged groups. This reasons for this should be fairly obvious.
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#9Dr. Cerf [google's chief Internet Evangelist] said. "This is just a reminder that women are fully capable of doing same or better quality work than men can." I somehow find this quote to be rather unfortunate. I know he meant it in a good way, but it makes it seem as though the general public needs to be reminded that women aren't less intelligent than men. Perhaps for many that reminder may be required, but I guess…
"Personally I think that’s amazing, because throughout my entire life, I’ve heard science is a field where men go into," Ms. Bose said. "It just starts to show you that women are stepping up in science, and I’m excited that I was able to represent maybe just a little bit of that."
I'm not sure where or who, exactly, but there are people who think that only men go into science. It's unfortunate, but apparently, this really is necessary.
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#10I didn't read the article in is entirety, but one line popped out at me, where one of the finalists says something like "Yeah! Girl power!" Am I the only one who feels like, although men may 'dominate' the hard sciences, one of the reasons (among many others which I won't discuss) why girls may succeed at stages like this is because of the encouragement from a "girl power!" (perhaps, underdog?) mentality? If boys won…
You would think we could just celebrate that they're smart, but apparently we need to celebrate that they're smart and that they're girls. I think that sends a bad message, that girls are hothouse flowers or somehow need more encouragement for them to do well.