It really was. The other cool aspect was that the Engineering School at Cal attracted people from all over the world, so my Dad was always bringing home research assistants from Nigeria or Japan or China or Iran, and all his colleagues were from a multitude of countries as well.
Also all his colleagues (and my friend's dads) were in the forefront of science--so this colleague invented "fuzzy logic" (the thing in your dryer that tells it when your clothes are dry), that one invented remote control, lasers, the cyclotron, etc. We had one of the very first microwave ovens (which my mother refused to use). (We also could have had one of the very first color TV's, but Dad, who was a very old fashioned "pater familias" refused to have a TV in the house--one of the "less wonderful" things about having that kind of Dad haha! Luckily, Berkeley in the 1950s and early 60s was full of families like ours.)
Oh dear lord, WTAF? Why give grades in kindergarten? How could he have gotten a D? I mean, if it was because he persisted in coloring his classmates instead of, like, paper, there are better ways of dealing with that than letter grades. That's just bizarro world stuff.
Hey, at least these women were actually (eventually, once you get past the headline) recognized for what they did. They could be writers like Collette or painters like Margaret Keane, whose husbands took credit for their work.
I explained this to a boy while I was in high school. Cannot freaking believe I have to keep explaining this shit...It's actually pretty logical why Marie Curie is mentiond more often solo than with her husband. She won two Nobels in different fields. Her husband died relatively shortly after the first win. In addition, Pierre left his less promising research on crystallography to explore with her further in the research she had done--and they subsequently won that first Nobel together. The interesting thing is men never research this stuff before complaining. They always seem to assume the woman just happened to win.
I edit here to add the dates from Wikidedia:
Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, the only woman to win in two fields, and the only person to win in multiple sciences.Nobel Prize in Physics (1903, with her husband Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel)Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911)Sorry to be blunt about this. It is simply frustrating that, given the weight of prejudice, the first assumption is that if a woman's achievement is touted first, that it's because it's so "different" that she's sucking up all the attention.
Women are mothers, whether or not they actually give birth. Mothers are expected to support/propel their children without taking credit away from them. It’s their job to give their emotional support for free. Then, if the kid fucks up, it’s the mother’s fault because she hasn’t done her job well enough. Nevermind that our society has completely erased the fact that other adults, specifically males, are not children. Women are to be seen and not heard, so when they put forth all that free domestic labor, psychotherapy for strangers and colleagues, and get paid less, it validates the infantilization of them. What grown adult would accept these circumstances? Well, your mother would/did/will continue to do it.
This is why, after spending my youth being a nurturer of all things, sacrificing my own development and emotional transcendence for others, I am now extremely selective as to who gets my energy, respect, and empathy. It’s just too easy to give it away for free when the world expects you to.
... the small amount of attention this has received may be a sign of how successfully Senator Professor Warren has shielded her family from all that publicity.
I was there a little later, in the late 70s. I remember Charlie Townes asking naive questions at astronomy colloquia -- he'd won a Nobel for co-inventing the maser.
Quite possible, I just know the futball/football couple. I'm sure there are lots of examples!!
The Nutmeg News had some fun with this trope a while back.
Husband of world champion Julie Ertz wins regional sports trophy
It really was. The other cool aspect was that the Engineering School at Cal attracted people from all over the world, so my Dad was always bringing home research assistants from Nigeria or Japan or China or Iran, and all his colleagues were from a multitude of countries as well.
Also all his colleagues (and my friend's dads) were in the forefront of science--so this colleague invented "fuzzy logic" (the thing in your dryer that tells it when your clothes are dry), that one invented remote control, lasers, the cyclotron, etc. We had one of the very first microwave ovens (which my mother refused to use). (We also could have had one of the very first color TV's, but Dad, who was a very old fashioned "pater familias" refused to have a TV in the house--one of the "less wonderful" things about having that kind of Dad haha! Luckily, Berkeley in the 1950s and early 60s was full of families like ours.)
My personal favorite:
https://www.thebusinesswoma...
Which, of course, should be followed up by “Husband of renowned human rights lawyer wins Oscar.”
He was even better in Big Hero 6. (but agreed, he played an excellent Weasel in the Deadpool movies.)
Yeah, that's such a good one.
The actual point is that the Economic Times is an Indian publication, and so is primarily interested in him being an Indian-American, born in Mumbai.
dare I assume what kind of "paint" you use? Is it one requiring a black light to glow?
Oh dear lord, WTAF? Why give grades in kindergarten? How could he have gotten a D? I mean, if it was because he persisted in coloring his classmates instead of, like, paper, there are better ways of dealing with that than letter grades. That's just bizarro world stuff.
Hey, at least these women were actually (eventually, once you get past the headline) recognized for what they did. They could be writers like Collette or painters like Margaret Keane, whose husbands took credit for their work.
I explained this to a boy while I was in high school. Cannot freaking believe I have to keep explaining this shit...It's actually pretty logical why Marie Curie is mentiond more often solo than with her husband. She won two Nobels in different fields. Her husband died relatively shortly after the first win. In addition, Pierre left his less promising research on crystallography to explore with her further in the research she had done--and they subsequently won that first Nobel together. The interesting thing is men never research this stuff before complaining. They always seem to assume the woman just happened to win.
I edit here to add the dates from Wikidedia:
Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win two Nobel Prizes, the only woman to win in two fields, and the only person to win in multiple sciences.Nobel Prize in Physics (1903, with her husband Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel)Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911)Sorry to be blunt about this. It is simply frustrating that, given the weight of prejudice, the first assumption is that if a woman's achievement is touted first, that it's because it's so "different" that she's sucking up all the attention.
Women are mothers, whether or not they actually give birth. Mothers are expected to support/propel their children without taking credit away from them. It’s their job to give their emotional support for free. Then, if the kid fucks up, it’s the mother’s fault because she hasn’t done her job well enough. Nevermind that our society has completely erased the fact that other adults, specifically males, are not children. Women are to be seen and not heard, so when they put forth all that free domestic labor, psychotherapy for strangers and colleagues, and get paid less, it validates the infantilization of them. What grown adult would accept these circumstances? Well, your mother would/did/will continue to do it.
This is why, after spending my youth being a nurturer of all things, sacrificing my own development and emotional transcendence for others, I am now extremely selective as to who gets my energy, respect, and empathy. It’s just too easy to give it away for free when the world expects you to.
... the small amount of attention this has received may be a sign of how successfully Senator Professor Warren has shielded her family from all that publicity.
I was there a little later, in the late 70s. I remember Charlie Townes asking naive questions at astronomy colloquia -- he'd won a Nobel for co-inventing the maser.
Certainly. I think the fact my kid was just miraculously well-adjusted straight from the factory had a lot to do with how she turned out.
Girls to the front! https://uploads.disquscdn.c...