Skepchick Presents: A Conversation with Dr. Eugenie Scott (Parts 7 & 8)
Having been involved for so many years, Eugenie Scott has a unique perspective on gender representation in rationalist circles. The following two videos contain discussion on women in skepticism and science, as well as on role models and their impact on young people. These two videos are the seventh and eighth segments in a series of nine. (You can see Parts 1 & 2 here, Parts 3 & 4 here, and Parts 5 & 6 here.)
Part 7
Part 8
Stay tuned for Part 9 of my conversation with Dr. Scott to be posted tomorrow.
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Video production and editing: Chris Moyer of Dropframe Video. Contact him at Malachi Constant.
Thanks to Skepchick reader, Naomi (Geek Goddess), who donated her time freely to help out.
Thanks to Steven Cowan, Erin Flis, and Melodie Wade of the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
Whoops!
I had embedded the wrong parts at first. All fixed now.
Okay, not sure how many caught this but at 7:03 of the part 7 video she says, “Over half of the women in graduate programs are female”.
That gave me a chuckle and just shows how even incredibly smart people can accidentally twist their words up. So it just makes it that much worse when people like Ray Comfort Quote Mine.
@Arguendo:
Yeah, I saw that when I was editing, but I couldn’t really do much about it. I figured everyone would know what she meant, anyway.
These two videos are probably my favorite part of the interview. I’d like to hear more about the origin of the skeptical movement from her in the future.
@Arguendo:
Hehe . . . I didn’t catch that. Guess my brain filled in the word students.