Hands of a Dream

Actually a shark irl. Lesbian, 28, in love with some wonderful folks~

[konoko]

[thysannia]

[ahumanbeena]

Did you know that after they switched to blind auditions, major symphony orchestras hired women between 30% to 55% more? Before bringing in “blind auditions” with a screen to conceal the the candidate, women in the top 5 major orchestras made up less than 5% of the musicians performing.

[shwetanarayan-deactivated202504]

so I believe it was actually more complicated than that, in interesting ways. Because at first, when they did blind auditions, they were STILL hiring more men.

…Then they put down a carpet, so that high heels didn’t clack on the floor,  and BOOM women were suddenly getting hired.

The testers didn’t even know that’s what they were picking up on, which just goes to show how tiny of a cue it takes for misogyny to kick in.

[isaacsapphire]

The case of blind auditions for orchestras and how it dramatically changed the gender makeup of orchestras is a very illuminating example of gender bias, and an interesting possible way of countering it.

[small-witch-big-hat]

You can be sexist without knowing it. You can be racist without knowing it. This is not a moral failing; it is a moral imperative to remember that you are fallible, and take steps to limit the damage your squishy ape brain’s foibles can cause.

[mindfulwrath]

The final chapter in Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink (2005) describes this in detail.

What you don’t usually hear about when discussing this blind audition process is that after the blind auditions were implemented, when women had gotten many positions in the orchestra, men no longer saw being a member as prestigious and the salaries for the entire orchestra dropped.

[thatdiabolicalfeminist]

That happens in basically any field the moment women start to show up. The most famous examples are: teaching, which lost prestige and absolute pay when it became “women’s work”; certain scientific fields, especially in biology, which has lost prestige and is now considered a “soft science” because women became biologists en masse; and in Russia, medical doctors no longer enjoy the high status they still have in the West, because in Russia a lot of women became doctors.

In the other direction, when men en masse join a field that was previously primarily women, the pay and prestige both rise. The most famous example is computer programming.

[onvochn]

[internetwes]

[important-cat-pics]

[enki2]

[lethalbutterfly]

That's a side quest. You're supposed to go find him.

[audhdspacewizard]

Or at least find his environmental storytelling skeleton along with a unique weapon or piece of armor.

[papayajuan2019]

you live here

[thepleasuregoblin]

Are you using Martian Wikipedia why does it specify "human settlement"

[antigoneprogone]

I close my eyes. I enter my Mathemagical Mind Palace. I see the object before me. I'm working out the differential equations. The derivative of the function with respect to time is equal to a constant times the second derivative of the function with respect to distance from the origin. A billion vectors rendered in with ray-tracing. I see the phase portrait. I see the three-dimensional manifold in a four-dimensional space. The shadows on the wall and the ancient beings who make the shadows. I peer into the amethyst eyes of the unyielding serpent. I have done my calculation.

Out of the suggested cooking time of "18 to 20 minutes", I will be cooking this pizza for: 19 minutes.

[sparklecatboy]

based on this lol

[luxwing]

Video game: (has main character that travels the world alone)

My fuck brain five minutes in: but what if they had a friend

[luxwing]

[swagophile]

Wearing a t shirt that says "NOT IN A SEX WAY" so that everytime i talk about one of my bizarre interests or fixations I can point to my shirt and clear everything up. Like Yeah I'm super into puppets *pointing at the shirt* Not in a sex way or like Ohhh yeah I love dolls *pointing at ths shirt* You get it by now. They call me the awesome asexual

[ribbon-robin]

Getting a shirt that says "IN A SEX WAY" to clear up any misunderstandings that I'm not being a perv about something. I think knives are neat *staring cause I'm horny and forgot about the shirt* you wanna look at knives with me...

[swagophile]

We are direct ideological opponents. I am morally obligated to murder you to death. [almost forgets] AND NOT IN A SEX WAY.

[wizardarchetypes]

i think furry girl transformation art is so cute but i think also the world is so scary. every time i smoke weed i already google "is it normal for my chest to hurt." if i smoked weed that turned me into a mouse or something i'd be so so so so so so so so scared.

[wizardarchetypes]

do you stay a mouse if you smoke weed that turns you into a mouse? or does it wear off with the high? if it wears off maybe i could be a mouse. for a few hours.

[wizardarchetypes]

seriously though girls does it wear off?

[wizardarchetypes]

girls....

[xeppelinsfw]

well folks, it happened. my dick fell clean off of my mons pubis and into da donation plate. when i tried to discreetly slip it back into my pocket, a small bird swooped by and swiftly collected it in its beak. while the camera was following close behind him, the seasons change but he remains in the center of the shot.

[juniper-petunia]

they should make a version of socializing that doesn’t make you feel like you’re still the weird 12 year old kid that doesn’t know why she’s not normal like the other kids

[mutationgirl]

trying to explain the concept of a revolution to a princess but every time i think she's understood it she pauses for a moment, deep in thought, then does a little twirl and says "like this!"

[rubbrcat]

[gamerkrillslair]

going after puppys tonight

[radiation]