tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post8208307079013392239..comments2023-10-07T22:37:49.244+13:00Comments on The Hand Mirror: Not even one woman?katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15742280289613450293noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-28342862932393598422014-02-19T09:12:06.959+13:002014-02-19T09:12:06.959+13:00Women hold up about half the sky, yet are under-re...Women hold up about half the sky, yet are under-represented in so many examples like the one AnneE gives. I think it's natural to question whether this is a result of bias, unconscious or otherwise. Especially when it happens again and again and again. Witness the reasonably routine spectacle at Honours time, twice a year, when there are usually double the number of new knights than new dames.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08977150346842277994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-87326000020906508012014-02-17T01:27:31.696+13:002014-02-17T01:27:31.696+13:00It's been my great pleasure to interact with J...It's been my great pleasure to interact with Jenny Gorman, one of the regional delegates, personally and professionally.<br /><br />I can assure you Jenny is a strong and committed feminist and would never let any sexist decision pass without resigning.<br /><br />So this assures me that this is not an example of sexism in action, or a post-Catton backlash.Noxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-57842476467239850432014-02-16T13:00:55.406+13:002014-02-16T13:00:55.406+13:00Graeme, yes, there is. When, for the first ( and a...Graeme, yes, there is. When, for the first ( and apparently last) time ever, all the recipients of the highest state honour were women, there was a marked outcry. Similarly there was a great deal of comment, the majority negative and in some cases vitriolic, when for a very brief time the top four constitutional offices were held by women. Decades of all male equivalents were simply regarded as normal.AnneEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00869114756713316204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-57449598752275762272014-02-16T12:54:32.597+13:002014-02-16T12:54:32.597+13:00It isn't a prize, it's an award. Of course...It isn't a prize, it's an award. Of course the four writers named are deserving.AnneEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00869114756713316204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-14741100714494008072014-02-16T09:25:10.879+13:002014-02-16T09:25:10.879+13:00A post-Catton backlash?
Really?
Six of the Eig...A post-Catton backlash?<br /> <br />Really?<br /><br />Six of the Eight seats on the National Council of the NZSA are women. <br /><br />I think you could consider your passing thought unnecessarily paranoid. However, perhaps a review of the winners over the last 10 years, and the fluidity/refresh rate of the judging panel might be worth doing in your spare time.<br /><br />The people that won this year do seem deserving.ZenTigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07888629207437612884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-20927549792893002482014-02-15T10:05:43.153+13:002014-02-15T10:05:43.153+13:00I don't think there would have been much if an...I don't think there would have been much if any of an outcry if four women had been chosen.<br /><br />Has there been one in the recent past that I am unaware of that informs your view?Graeme Edgelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928755583921638414noreply@blogger.com