Other Notes
I hate when people in a bar or at a party find out I’m majoring in physics. The minute they find out, I can see the guys turn away.” Yet another went on about how even at Yale the men didn’t want to date a physics major, and how she was worried she’d go through four years there without a date.
Why the hell would she care? Why would she want to date a man who felt that intelligence was not an asset for a woman?
I wondered if this woman was unattractive. I know that women generally don't get what makes them attractive to men. A woman with large breasts sometimes believes she is irresistable and maybe she is to a certain kind of man but never has been to me.
This is from a young woman studying physics at Yale University. She is upset and feels that she is being descriminated against because some young men at Yale appear-- to her-- to be uninterested in dating a smart woman.
Another complains that she was "underappreciated". I tried to connect to that. Would I have ever complained that my professors did not "appreciate" me enough when I was at college? Did they owe me appreciation?
"Big Bang Theory" is proffered as an illustration of persisting descrimination and stereotyping (the characters of Amy and Bernadette). The problem with "Big Bang Theory" isn't sexism: it's that it is a cliche-ridden, mediocre show with a horrible laugh-track.