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• GoCaptain commented on Off the Map: Women in Science and Science Fiction
  Tap, tap. Moderators, are we awake yet?...
• Charlie Stross commented on Off the Map: Women in Science and Science Fiction
  Yes, I'm awake. But there's nothing from you in the pending or spam queues -- I suspect your post is gone for good, evaporated into the aether!...
• GoCaptain commented on Off the Map: Women in Science and Science Fiction
  Sorry:-) my mistake. Middle of the night here in Albania, woke up and watching some dumb movie. I think I'll just step away from this thread. Apologies again....
• petterwr commented on Off the Map: Women in Science and Science Fiction
  I think you misunderstood me. I'm not talking about men being able to walk in women's shoes. Its about total equality in a professional career. It might be a small difference but if there is a likelihood that one sex will stay home from work for several months each time they have a baby while the other sex doesnt I think it's hard to get total equality. That being said today´s differences are way out of proportion and things could be a lot better....
• Trottelreiner commented on Off the Map: Women in Science and Science Fiction
  Its about total equality in a professional career. It might be a small difference but if there is a likelihood that one sex will stay home from work for several months each time they have a baby while the other sex doesnt I think it's hard to get _total_ equality. Incidentally, that one is more of a problem if we assume it's a 100% loss of work force for mothers, 0% loss for fathers, where in practice, that one might differ somewhat. Just ask a ethologist about parental investment in the HSS subbranch of the Hominidae family, which is quite...