To hell with sympathetic sexism. ‘Busy mums’ don’t need your patronising help | Sian Townson

We have learned to think critically about obviously biased statements – but against prejudice dressed up as kindness, we are more defenceless• Sian Townson is a lecturer in engineeringSometimes a rule is merely implied by its exceptions – that’s what the exception that proves the rule actually means. “No swimming outside the flags” tells you it’s OK to swim between the flags. “Closed Sundays” means “Open Monday to Saturday”.ARoyal Society campaign telling you that “women can be scientists, engineers and mathematicians too” tells you that most of the time, scientists, engineers and mathematicians aren’t women.Continue reading...
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