Following in the footsteps of the great media critcs Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh, I will now attack The New York Times. The newspaper with all the news that’s fit to print seems to think that studies about women in the science, technology and engineering fields fall under the Fashion & Style section of their online edition. I desperately combed the story for a mention of fashion or style. Perhaps, you could do a better job of finding the fashion and style! Here’s your chance:
Diversity Isn’t Rocket Science, Is it? http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/fashion/15WORK.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Couldn’t find the fashion and style, huh? I’m thinking that a story that has no mention of fashion or style, but plenty of mentions of women ’s strides in education and the work place, diversity, science, technology, and how some men continue their quests of stupidity and callousness should be in a different section of the newspaper. What about the U.S. section? This story concerns American women at work. What about the business section? This story mentions what several businesses are doing to level the playing field for their female employees. What about the Science, Education, or Technology sections?
I think the placement of this article proves the research done by the story’s subjects: Women in the sciences and technology aren’t taken seriously.
