Comments on: We need a new metaphor: fixing “leaky pipes” won’t cut it http://www.historiann.com/2008/01/28/we-need-a-new-metaphor-fixing-leaky-pipes-wont-cut-it/ History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:48:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sisyphus http://www.historiann.com/2008/01/28/we-need-a-new-metaphor-fixing-leaky-pipes-wont-cut-it/#comment-153 Sisyphus Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:24:47 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/2008/01/28/we-need-a-new-metaphor-fixing-leaky-pipes-wont-cut-it/#comment-153 Gah! Argh! I forget the breakdown ... I think we're up to about 60 or 70 percent of English undergrads and grad students are women, but that the women PhDs get heavily clustered in the temp and adjunct jobs. I guess it's nice to be able to see lots of women in my classes and profs as mentors, but I'd like to get paid a decent salary for doing this too, dammit! Gah! Argh!

I forget the breakdown … I think we’re up to about 60 or 70 percent of English undergrads and grad students are women, but that the women PhDs get heavily clustered in the temp and adjunct jobs.

I guess it’s nice to be able to see lots of women in my classes and profs as mentors, but I’d like to get paid a decent salary for doing this too, dammit!

]]> By: Historiann http://www.historiann.com/2008/01/28/we-need-a-new-metaphor-fixing-leaky-pipes-wont-cut-it/#comment-152 Historiann Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:17:57 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/2008/01/28/we-need-a-new-metaphor-fixing-leaky-pipes-wont-cut-it/#comment-152 Isn't it depressing that this is still the message for our young students? "Yes, the evil claw of patriarchy will get you too, my pretty!" (as we cackle like Miss Gulch/the Wicked Witch of the West.) Isn’t it depressing that this is still the message for our young students? “Yes, the evil claw of patriarchy will get you too, my pretty!” (as we cackle like Miss Gulch/the Wicked Witch of the West.)

]]> By: Susan http://www.historiann.com/2008/01/28/we-need-a-new-metaphor-fixing-leaky-pipes-wont-cut-it/#comment-151 Susan Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:09:30 +0000 http://www.historiann.com/2008/01/28/we-need-a-new-metaphor-fixing-leaky-pipes-wont-cut-it/#comment-151 I'm sorry, Historiann, but are you suggesting that sexism has something to do with all this? I'm shocked, completely shocked. Unfortunately, all of this evidence provides an excellent answer to those poor students I occasionally see who think that the quality of their mind and their work is all that matters. I’m sorry, Historiann, but are you suggesting that sexism has something to do with all this? I’m shocked, completely shocked.
Unfortunately, all of this evidence provides an excellent answer to those poor students I occasionally see who think that the quality of their mind and their work is all that matters.

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