...no one is going to mention how that boy’s idea is fcuking idiotic waste of space, while the girls came up with practical, useful appliances?

ok, I will.

It is. But after millennia of men-centered power, can we have a moment?

Apparently it’s considered to be a ‘soft’ science. Like, dudes. See if YOU can exist without biology.

and then he assisted the young woman in taking a broadsword through the swaths of dickheads in her program?

You should tell your mom to take some advice from Jane (from the show Daria)

Gah! I’m sorry, that is horrible. She should go to the local media and make the asshole cops that ignored her famous and maybe pursue legal action. The police won’t do anything about it without outside pressure, but a local news station might do a story.

game warden hilariously, and in a cartoonishly sexist manner, questions Poehler and Jones’ characters about a shooting mishap and advises them that they’re “hysterical.

Who the fuck starred that jackass responding to you? Ugh.

Not even remotely joking, my son, who is getting his degree in engineering personally witnessed a professor tell a female student that she was “too pretty to be an engineer”.

I have a degree in Biology (I wanted to do my masters in. Microbiology, but shit got in the way. Now I work in a clinical lab doing microbiology, so winning?).

I don’t understand why that’s not regularly done. This is a well known phenomenon.

I’m actually watching a rerun of Parks & Rec right now, and, as a man, there is probably no show that I love more. In fact, I can trace the moment that I decided I really love the show to when a game warden hilariously, and in a cartoonishly sexist manner, questions Poehler and Jones’ characters about a shooting…

That title is depressingly terrible. Remember girls no matter what you’re interested in, no matter what you do, pretty is what counts.

*IF* the judging of the competition was done blind (that is, the judges did not see the competitors or the competitor’s name in relation to the project being judged, and did not know the gender of the competitors) - then I think this is fine. On an even playing field, women can win on the merits - NO PROBLEM. They…

And the MRA concern trolls are here. Dismiss and don't engage, not even worth it.

Yep. There was a group interview (can’t recall the mag - maybe Newsweek?) that included Sandra Bullock. At one point she said (paraphrasing here) “I became aware I was definitely considered a second-class citizen as soon as I hit puberty”. And lo these many years later... absolutely fuck-all has changed.

I think the name said it all. Am I supposed to take “Pretty Curious” pretty seriously? Nah.

Also the compatition was for a home bedroom product. While many kids do have game consoles in their bedrooms, it’s not even a function of a home bedroom. I want to see what those smart curtains are all about and am wondering if one of the other participants came up with a bed that makes itself or closet that sorts…

Because some angry tech guys probably got together and screamed “Bu-bu-bu-but it’s not fair! It’s reverse sexism! What about the mens and baby mens? What would you do if we started a boys-only club for STEM?” (Not realizing, of course, that it basically already is a boys-only club and that’s the whole point of the…