Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

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The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner Ian Gent University of St Andrews For more context please visit: http://iangent.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/the-computer-scientist-and-cleaner.html Thursday, 17 October 13

Transcript of Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Page 1: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

The Computer Scientist and the

CleanerIan Gent

University of St Andrews

For more context please visit httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-computer-scientist-and-cleanerhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

or

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

Thursday 17 October 13

or

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

or

Thursday 17 October 13

If yoursquore not uncomfortable for the

next few minutes this is not a good talk

Thursday 17 October 13

What is this talk reallyA short talk about gender balance and inclusiveness in

computer science

Thursday 17 October 13

What is this talk really

Not an examinable part of CS1002 in a formal sense but something I think you should be exposed to

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 1 The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull Let me tell you a story

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask you a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask Google a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

C

Unmoderated image search for ldquoComputer Scientistrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Unmoderated image search for ldquoCleanerrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Who forgot the anniversary

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

bull Look inside your brain

bull Did you think the woman was the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

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Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 2: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

or

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

Thursday 17 October 13

or

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

or

Thursday 17 October 13

If yoursquore not uncomfortable for the

next few minutes this is not a good talk

Thursday 17 October 13

What is this talk reallyA short talk about gender balance and inclusiveness in

computer science

Thursday 17 October 13

What is this talk really

Not an examinable part of CS1002 in a formal sense but something I think you should be exposed to

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 1 The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull Let me tell you a story

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask you a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask Google a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

C

Unmoderated image search for ldquoComputer Scientistrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Unmoderated image search for ldquoCleanerrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Who forgot the anniversary

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

bull Look inside your brain

bull Did you think the woman was the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 3: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

Thursday 17 October 13

or

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

or

Thursday 17 October 13

If yoursquore not uncomfortable for the

next few minutes this is not a good talk

Thursday 17 October 13

What is this talk reallyA short talk about gender balance and inclusiveness in

computer science

Thursday 17 October 13

What is this talk really

Not an examinable part of CS1002 in a formal sense but something I think you should be exposed to

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 1 The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull Let me tell you a story

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask you a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask Google a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

C

Unmoderated image search for ldquoComputer Scientistrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Unmoderated image search for ldquoCleanerrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Who forgot the anniversary

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

bull Look inside your brain

bull Did you think the woman was the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 4: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

or

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

or

Thursday 17 October 13

If yoursquore not uncomfortable for the

next few minutes this is not a good talk

Thursday 17 October 13

What is this talk reallyA short talk about gender balance and inclusiveness in

computer science

Thursday 17 October 13

What is this talk really

Not an examinable part of CS1002 in a formal sense but something I think you should be exposed to

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 1 The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull Let me tell you a story

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask you a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask Google a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

C

Unmoderated image search for ldquoComputer Scientistrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Unmoderated image search for ldquoCleanerrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Who forgot the anniversary

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

bull Look inside your brain

bull Did you think the woman was the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 5: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

or

Thursday 17 October 13

If yoursquore not uncomfortable for the

next few minutes this is not a good talk

Thursday 17 October 13

What is this talk reallyA short talk about gender balance and inclusiveness in

computer science

Thursday 17 October 13

What is this talk really

Not an examinable part of CS1002 in a formal sense but something I think you should be exposed to

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 1 The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull Let me tell you a story

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask you a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask Google a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

C

Unmoderated image search for ldquoComputer Scientistrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Unmoderated image search for ldquoCleanerrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Who forgot the anniversary

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

bull Look inside your brain

bull Did you think the woman was the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 6: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

or

Thursday 17 October 13

If yoursquore not uncomfortable for the

next few minutes this is not a good talk

Thursday 17 October 13

What is this talk reallyA short talk about gender balance and inclusiveness in

computer science

Thursday 17 October 13

What is this talk really

Not an examinable part of CS1002 in a formal sense but something I think you should be exposed to

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 1 The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull Let me tell you a story

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask you a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask Google a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

C

Unmoderated image search for ldquoComputer Scientistrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Unmoderated image search for ldquoCleanerrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Who forgot the anniversary

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

bull Look inside your brain

bull Did you think the woman was the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 7: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

If yoursquore not uncomfortable for the

next few minutes this is not a good talk

Thursday 17 October 13

What is this talk reallyA short talk about gender balance and inclusiveness in

computer science

Thursday 17 October 13

What is this talk really

Not an examinable part of CS1002 in a formal sense but something I think you should be exposed to

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 1 The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull Let me tell you a story

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask you a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask Google a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

C

Unmoderated image search for ldquoComputer Scientistrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Unmoderated image search for ldquoCleanerrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Who forgot the anniversary

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

bull Look inside your brain

bull Did you think the woman was the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 8: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

What is this talk reallyA short talk about gender balance and inclusiveness in

computer science

Thursday 17 October 13

What is this talk really

Not an examinable part of CS1002 in a formal sense but something I think you should be exposed to

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 1 The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull Let me tell you a story

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask you a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask Google a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

C

Unmoderated image search for ldquoComputer Scientistrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Unmoderated image search for ldquoCleanerrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Who forgot the anniversary

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

bull Look inside your brain

bull Did you think the woman was the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 9: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

What is this talk really

Not an examinable part of CS1002 in a formal sense but something I think you should be exposed to

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 1 The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull Let me tell you a story

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask you a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask Google a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

C

Unmoderated image search for ldquoComputer Scientistrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Unmoderated image search for ldquoCleanerrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Who forgot the anniversary

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

bull Look inside your brain

bull Did you think the woman was the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 10: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Part 1 The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull Let me tell you a story

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask you a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask Google a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

C

Unmoderated image search for ldquoComputer Scientistrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Unmoderated image search for ldquoCleanerrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Who forgot the anniversary

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

bull Look inside your brain

bull Did you think the woman was the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 11: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull Let me tell you a story

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask you a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask Google a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

C

Unmoderated image search for ldquoComputer Scientistrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Unmoderated image search for ldquoCleanerrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Who forgot the anniversary

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

bull Look inside your brain

bull Did you think the woman was the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 12: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask you a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask Google a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

C

Unmoderated image search for ldquoComputer Scientistrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Unmoderated image search for ldquoCleanerrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Who forgot the anniversary

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

bull Look inside your brain

bull Did you think the woman was the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 13: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

The Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

ldquoOne of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversaryrdquo

bull Let me ask Google a question

bull Who forgot the anniversary

bull Was it the computer scientist or the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

C

Unmoderated image search for ldquoComputer Scientistrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Unmoderated image search for ldquoCleanerrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Who forgot the anniversary

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

bull Look inside your brain

bull Did you think the woman was the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 14: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

C

Unmoderated image search for ldquoComputer Scientistrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Unmoderated image search for ldquoCleanerrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Who forgot the anniversary

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

bull Look inside your brain

bull Did you think the woman was the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 15: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Unmoderated image search for ldquoCleanerrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Who forgot the anniversary

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

bull Look inside your brain

bull Did you think the woman was the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 16: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Who forgot the anniversary

ldquoThe computer scientist and the cleaner had a long and happy marriage One of their few arguments was when she forgot their wedding anniversary But their marriage was strong and he forgave herrdquo

bull Look inside your brain

bull Did you think the woman was the cleaner

Thursday 17 October 13

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 17: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Tell me was she the computer scientist or the cleaner

bull Irsquom not going to tell you

bull itrsquos just a story

bull What matters is this

bull If yoursquore a woman

bull and yoursquove heard ldquoherdquo for computer scientist your whole life

bull do you think maybe that might make you think that Computer Science isnrsquot for you

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 18: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Part 2 Gender Balance

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 19: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Gender Balance CS1002

Woman

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 20: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Gender BalanceCS Teaching Fellows

Women

Man

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 21: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Gender BalanceCS Lecturers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 22: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Gender BalanceCS Senior Lecturers amp Readers

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 23: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Gender BalanceCS Professors

Women

Men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 24: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Letrsquos be clear

bull The University of St Andrews does not have sexist hiring policies

bull We have clear non-sexist hiring policies

bull httpwwwst-andrewsacukhrediinclusiverec

bull The gender balance in St Andrews CS

bull reflects general imbalance in the discipline

bull and itrsquos a big problem

Thursday 17 October 13

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 25: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

The most important problem for computing

Thursday 17 October 13

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 26: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Why the most important problem

Why should we have more women in CS

I only know of two good reasons but they are overpoweringly good

bull Itrsquos right

bull Computer Science would be better

Thursday 17 October 13

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 27: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Itrsquos Rightbull If a woman doesnrsquot want to do CS thatrsquos fine

bull But

bull CS is an incredibly rewarding discipline

bull If a woman is put off CS they are potentially missing out

bull That is NOT fine

bull Everybody in CS is responsible for making sure this doesnrsquot happen

Thursday 17 October 13

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 28: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Computer Science Would Be Better

bull ldquoComputings too important to be left to menrdquo

Karen Spaumlrck Jones 1935-2007

bull Karen did a bit more than a cute quote

bull She invented a key technique for internet search

bull 20 years before the World Wide Web

bull Donrsquot throw away half the worldrsquos talentsKaren Spaumlrck Jones image Wikipedia

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 29: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Part 3 Sexism

Thursday 17 October 13

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 30: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

A short history of sexism in St Andrews

bull The University is 600 years old yet

bull Its first female professor was a computer scientist

bull Prof Ursula Martin CBE now at QMUL

bull Yes a 600 year old Universityrsquos first female professor hasnrsquot retired yet

bull For 579 years we didnrsquot have a female Prof

bull Until 2004 the Rules of Golf for women were made by a male only club in St Andrews

bull For 595 years we didnrsquot have a female Principal

bull Prof Louise RichardsonImag

e Q

MU

L

Thursday 17 October 13

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 31: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

But is it a problem nowbull YES

bull Even Scientists judge men higher than women for no reason

bull Science facultyrsquos subtle gender biases favor male students

bull Proceedings National Academy of Science USA 2012

bull httpwwwpnasorgcontentearly201209141211286109

bias because they have been rigorously trained to be objectiveOn the other hand research demonstrates that people who valuetheir objectivity and fairness are paradoxically particularly likelyto fall prey to biases in part because they are not on guardagainst subtle bias (24 25) Thus by investigating whether sci-ence faculty exhibit a bias that could contribute to the genderdisparity within the fields of science technology engineeringand mathematics (in which objectivity is emphasized) the cur-rent study addressed critical theoretical and practical gaps in thatit provided an experimental test of faculty discrimination againstfemale students within academic scienceA number of lines of research suggest that such discrimination

is likely Science is robustly male gender-typed (26 27) resour-ces are inequitably distributed among men and women in manyacademic science settings (28) some undergraduate womenperceive unequal treatment of the genders within science fields(29) and nonexperimental evidence suggests that gender bias ispresent in other fields (19) Some experimental evidence sug-gests that even though evaluators report liking women more thanmen (15) they judge women as less competent than men evenwhen they have identical backgrounds (20) However thesestudies used undergraduate students as participants (rather thanexperienced faculty members) and focused on performancedomains outside of academic science such as completing per-ceptual tasks (21) writing nonscience articles (22) and beingevaluated for a corporate managerial position (23)Thus whether aspiring women scientists encounter discrimi-

nation from faculty members remains unknown The formativepredoctoral years are a critical window because studentsrsquo expe-riences at this juncture shape both their beliefs about their ownabilities and subsequent persistence in science (30 31) There-fore we selected this career stage as the focus of the presentstudy because it represents an opportunity to address issues thatmanifest immediately and also resurface much later potentiallycontributing to the persistent faculty gender disparity (32 33)

Current StudyIn addition to determining whether faculty expressed a biasagainst female students we also sought to identify the processescontributing to this bias To do so we investigated whetherfaculty membersrsquo perceptions of student competence would helpto explain why they would be less likely to hire a female (relativeto an identical male) student for a laboratory manager positionAdditionally we examined the role of faculty membersrsquo preex-isting subtle bias against women We reasoned that pervasivecultural messages regarding womenrsquos lack of competence in sci-ence could lead faculty members to hold gender-biased attitudesthat might subtly affect their support for female (but not male)science students These generalized subtly biased attitudes to-ward women could impel faculty to judge equivalent studentsdifferently as a function of their genderThe present study sought to test for differences in faculty

perceptions and treatment of equally qualified men and womenpursuing careers in science and if such a bias were discoveredreveal its mechanisms and consequences within academic sci-ence We focused on hiring for a laboratory manager position asthe primary dependent variable of interest because it functions asa professional launching pad for subsequent opportunities Assecondary measures which are related to hiring we assessed (i)perceived student competence (ii) salary offers which reflectthe extent to which a student is valued for these competitivepositions and (iii) the extent to which the student was viewed asdeserving of faculty mentoringOur hypotheses were that Science facultyrsquos perceptions and

treatment of students would reveal a gender bias favoring malestudents in perceptions of competence and hireability salaryconferral and willingness to mentor (hypothesis A) Faculty gen-der would not influence this gender bias (hypothesis B) Hiring

discrimination against the female student would be mediated (ieexplained) by faculty perceptions that a female student is lesscompetent than an identical male student (hypothesis C) andParticipantsrsquo preexisting subtle bias against women would mod-erate (ie impact) results such that subtle bias against womenwould be negatively related to evaluations of the female studentbut unrelated to evaluations of the male student (hypothesis D)

ResultsA broad nationwide sample of biology chemistry and physicsprofessors (n = 127) evaluated the application materials of anundergraduate science student who had ostensibly applied fora science laboratory manager position All participants receivedthe same materials which were randomly assigned either thename of a male (n = 63) or a female (n = 64) student studentgender was thus the only variable that differed between con-ditions Using previously validated scales participants rated thestudentrsquos competence and hireability as well as the amount ofsalary and amount of mentoring they would offer the studentFaculty participants believed that their feedback would beshared with the student they had rated (see Materials andMethods for details)

Student Gender Differences The competence hireability salary con-ferral and mentoring scales were each submitted to a two (studentgender male female) two (faculty gender male female) be-tween-subjects ANOVA In each case the effect of student genderwas significant (all P lt 001) whereas the effect of faculty partici-pant gender and their interaction was not (all P gt 019) Tests ofsimple effects (all d gt 060) indicated that faculty participantsviewed the female student as less competent [t(125) = 389 P lt0001] and less hireable [t(125) = 422 P lt 0001] than the identicalmale student (Fig 1 and Table 1) Faculty participants also offeredless careermentoring to the female student than to themale student[t(125) = 377 P lt 0001] The mean starting salary offered thefemale student $2650794 was significantly lower than that of$3023810 to the male student [t(124) = 342 P lt 001] (Fig 2)These results support hypothesis AIn support of hypothesis B faculty gender did not affect bias

(Table 1) Tests of simple effects (all d lt 033) indicated thatfemale faculty participants did not rate the female student asmore competent [t(62) = 006 P = 095] or hireable [t(62) = 041P = 069] than did male faculty Female faculty also did notoffer more mentoring [t(62) = 029 P = 077] or a higher salary[t(61) = 114 P = 026] to the female student than did their male

Fig 1 Competence hireability and mentoring by student gender condition(collapsed across faculty gender) All student gender differences are significant(P lt 0001) Scales range from 1 to 7 with higher numbers reflecting a greaterextent of each variable Error bars represent SEs nmale student condition = 63nfemale student condition = 64

2 of 6 | wwwpnasorgcgidoi101073pnas1211286109 Moss-Racusin et al

bull Male students were ranked higher in everything

bull The only difference between the male and female students was the names on CVs

bull

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 32: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

The Petrie Multiplierbull A thought experiment

bull Letrsquos assume no gender difference in sexism

bull Say 20 of people act like jerks to the opposite sex

bull And 20 of CS people are women

bull We will see amazing difference in result

bull httpiangentblogspotcouk201310the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-onhtml

Thursday 17 October 13

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 33: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

The Petrie Multiplier

bull Invented by Karen Petrie

bull Senior Lecturer in CS at Dundee

bull And CS graduate of St Andrews

Images Ian Gent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 34: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 35: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Letrsquos start with 32 men

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 36: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of course

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 37: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Letrsquos start with 32 men

In pink of courseThe boyrsquos colour

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 38: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girls The reason is that pink being a more decided and stronger color is more suitable for the boy while blue which is more delicate and dainty is prettier for the girlrdquo

-- Earnshaws Infants Department 1918

Thursday 17 October 13

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 39: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

ldquoThe generally accepted rule is pink for the boys and blue for the girlsrdquo

Something to remember next time you catch yourself thinking some gender difference is inherent

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 40: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Letrsquos add 8 women

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 41: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Letrsquos add 8 womenIn blue

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 42: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 43: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Now add 8 more men

who act like jerks to women

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 44: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 45: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

And 2more womenwho act like jerks to men

Thursday 17 October 13

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 46: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

RememberEach gender is equally jerky to

the other

Thursday 17 October 13

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 47: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Letrsquos see whathappens

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 48: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Thursday 17 October 13

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 49: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Some manacted like a

jerk to some woman

Not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 50: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Some womanacted like a

jerk to some man

Also not good

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 51: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 52: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 53: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 54: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 55: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 56: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 57: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Thursday 17 October 13

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 58: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Thursday 17 October 13

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 59: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Man Woman

Lucky

Typical

Unlucky

Thursday 17 October 13

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 60: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

bull 035 bad experiences per man

bull 56 bad experiences per woman

bull 16x as many

bull Ratio of bad experiences is square of gender ratio

bull 80 men 20 women = 4 1

Thursday 17 October 13

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 61: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Petrie MultiplierLessons

bull With women underrepresented

bull Women experience amazing disparity of sexism

bull With no assumption that men are worse

bull So attacks on sexism in CS

bull and statements that women get it worse than men

bull are not attacks on men

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 62: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Part 4 Inclusiveness

Thursday 17 October 13

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 63: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

What can we do

bull We canrsquot change today the gender imbalance

bull We can make CS a much nicer place for women to be

bull We can do three simple things

Thursday 17 October 13

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 64: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Three Simple Things

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to women in CS

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 65: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to disabled in CS

2 Donrsquot use ableist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 66: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to non-whites in CS

2 Donrsquot use racist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 67: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to people from deprived backgrounds in CS

2 Donrsquot use classist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 68: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to mentally ill people in CS

2 Donrsquot use mentalist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 69: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to transgendered people in CS

2 Donrsquot use cissexist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 70: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to older people in CS

2 Donrsquot use ageist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 71: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to gay people in CS

2 Donrsquot use homophobic language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 72: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to religious people in CS

2 Donrsquot use religionist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 73: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Not just women

1 Donrsquot be a jerk to tall or short people in CS

2 Donrsquot use heightist language

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

Thursday 17 October 13

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 74: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

None of the above

bull Even if it was ok to be a jerk to a

bull Straight white privileged non-disabled non-mentally-ill cisgendered male of about your age height and religion

bull (itrsquos not ok to be a jerk to him)

bull How do you know hersquos all those things

bull eg Irsquom obviously older than you

bull is it so obvious Irsquom on antidepressants

bull httpwwwdepressedacademicsblogspotcom

Thursday 17 October 13

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 75: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Back to Women

bull Going to return to focus on women

bull Not because other groups are not important

bull Just to make it easier to talk specifically

Thursday 17 October 13

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 76: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

1 Donrsquot be a jerk

bull This is really simple to understand

bull Unfortunately being a jerk to women in CS is really widespread

bull Irsquom not going to provide examples

bull it would take too long

bull seriously itrsquos almost unimaginable how long it would take

Thursday 17 October 13

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 77: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

2 Donrsquot use sexist language

bull I mean this in two ways

bull Donrsquot use language that implies CS people are men

bull remember the Computer Scientist and the Cleaner

bull leads to females feeling excluded

bull and subtle biases as in the PNAS paper

bull Donrsquot engage in sexist ldquobanterrdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 78: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

3You donrsquot get to decide

3 Understand that itrsquos not you who decides if you are doing 1 or 2

bull This is really hard to understand

bull Maybe you think somebody shouldnrsquot be offended when they tell you they are

bull Tough Guess what they were offended

bull You only have two options

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry but I deeply believe that X is true so I stand by what I saidrdquo

bull ldquoIrsquom sorry Irsquoll try harder not to say things like that in futurerdquo

Thursday 17 October 13

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 79: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Never say ldquoItrsquos only banterrdquo

bull Banter is apparently a free pass I can insult you but youre not allowed to be insulted because its only banter I can be obscene but you cant be offended because its only banter No If youre a grown-up you know that your offensiveness may offend and you either accept that or you apologise and dont do it again

Tom Chivers

httpblogstelegraphcouknewstomchiversscience100141906if-you-like-banter-you-are-an-idiot

Thursday 17 October 13

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 80: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Allies

bull We need male computer scientists to be ldquoAlliesrdquo

bull Men who think itrsquos important that both women and men are treated right in Computer Science

bull httpgeekfeminismwikiacomwikiAllies

bull But crowding around the only female in a lab ldquohelpingrdquo her is not being an ally

Thursday 17 October 13

Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

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Part 5 CS in St Andrews

bull CS in St Andrews does not have a bad reputation for sexism or other badisms

bull though we must try harder

bull and itrsquos up to all of us in this room

Thursday 17 October 13

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 82: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

University Links and Resources

bull University Policies and Links

bull Advice and Support Centre

bull University Harrassment and Bullying Policy

bull Student Non-academic Misconduct Policy

bull Disability Equality Scheme

bull Policy on Trans Students amp Staff

bull How to Lodge a Complaint

Thursday 17 October 13

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 83: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Do not get me wrongWhether you are disadvantaged or privileged or both

I want you to have a fabulous time at St Andrews

I want you to get a first

I want you to have an amazing career in or out of computing

I want the same for every member of groups at a disadvantage

And I want us all to work towards them not being at a disadvantage

Thursday 17 October 13

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13

Page 84: Computer Scientist And the Cleaner, V6

Thanks to Many people at St Andrews a historian at the University of Dundee two Readers a software engineer and a postdoc from Edinburgh University the former chair of BCS Women the first female professor at St Andrews a New York Times bestselling childrens author an antiques dealer in Wales the Oxford University Students Union LGBT officer a high school teacher in Denmark a postdoc at Liverpool a freelance photographer a beer researcher from Heriot Watt my wife and daughters a rocket scientist from NASA and the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Scottish Government

Thursday 17 October 13