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MIT librarian: Tech workplaces plastered with Star Trek posters, other geeky stuff is non-inclusive to women

The top librarian at MIT recently argued that to make tech workplaces more inclusive and welcoming to women, ditch “Star Trek” posters and other geeky stuff cluttering office walls.

“There is research that shows that workplaces that are plastered with stereotypically ‘tech or nerd guy’ cultural images – think Star Trek – have negative impact on women’s likelihood of pursuing tech work and of staying in tech work in general or in that particular work environment,” said Chris Bourg, director of libraries at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

“Replace the Star Trek posters with travel posters, don’t name your projects or your printers or your domains after only male figures from Greek mythology, and just generally avoid geek references and inside nerd jokes,” Bourg added. “Those kinds of things reinforce the stereotypes about who does tech; and that stereotype is the male nerd stereotype.”

https://www.thecollegefix.com/post/42382/

Yes, replace all that geeky stuff with bland trash that no one will have any connection with.

It's funny how the article says Star Trek conventions are 50/50 male and female. That's not a surprise. First I've ever heard of Star Trek being considered male.

That being said though, there's a link to the study in the article, and the opening paragraph seems to claim it has a strong effect on women what the environment contains while it has no effect on men. I don't have time to read the study, it's 16 wordy pages, but I'd be interested to get some eyeballs on it, especially female ones, and see what you make of the study.

So Star Trek posters are offensive now? That is highly illogical.

Really if any woman is scared away by some posters than she's doesn't have what it takes to be successful in a tech career or in any sort of career.

I thought feminism was about empowering women. Feminism actually seems to be making women weaker.

Um... as a woman who loves sci fi and fantasy, including Star Trek, what that MIT librarian said was incredibly sexist. I've been told my whole life that the things I love are "for boys", and here is someone saying it yet again and pretending they're doing women a favour.

Bill Maher “New Rules” takes on SJW thinking
https://youtu.be/ugLbotr1RuQ

Because goofy matching prom outfits are totally the same as Ku Klux Klan lynch mobs.

I usually know what the "problem" is the SJWs have, but here I have no idea at all...

Bill Maher’s “New Rules” on SJW objection to the new Amy Schumer movie

And they're supposed to like Amy too. Nothing is ever good enough. She has become the latest segment of the snake eating itself to be devoured.

Vocal group reported to PC police for mariachi-themed flyer

-The University of Vermont’s Bias Response Team sent out a campus-wide alert after a student group featured mariachi musicians in a promotional flyer.
-The BRT argued that while “the image on the flyer may seem benign to some,” the officials “recognize the impact this incident may have had on some of our campus community, and in particular our Latinx members.”

The University of Vermont’s Bias Response Team sent out a campus-wide alert after a student group featured mariachi musicians in a promotional flyer.

In an email sent to the student body Friday, the Bias Response Team (BRT) formally condemned the “Top Cats” a capella group for posting an event flyer highlighting their Senior Show that “had the faces of three senior members superimposed on the bodies of what appears to be Mexican mariachi band members.”

"To some, the image on the flyer inadvertently supports racism and further perpetuates cultural appropriation, which dishonors the deep legacy and richness of Mexican culture."

“Since receiving a Bias, Discrimination, and Harassment Incident Report, the Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity (AAEO) and the Bias Response Team (BRT) have been reviewing the information provided, and have conducted outreach to gather more information about the nature of this incident and the impact on community members, especially those members who identify as Mexican and/or Latinx,” the email explained.

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=10864