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- | ====== Fall 2011 Kickoff Event ====== | + | ====== Fall 2011 Scenarios Discussion |
- | ===== Opening | + | ===== your unexpected qualifications: |
- | Present how the conditions for women have gotten better but that there are still issues. | + | **Scenario: |
- | ===== Tools Discussion through Scenarios ===== | + | |
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- | ==== Assigned Female-Stereotypical Tasks ==== | + | |
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- | ==== Your unexpected qualifications ==== | + | |
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**Answer Discussion: | **Answer Discussion: | ||
* this may be tricky because you can't really react to this from a professor | * this may be tricky because you can't really react to this from a professor | ||
- | Yes, tricky, but can still respond with confidence - "yes, I've worked really hard and genuinely enjoyed the course work and research" | ||
- | ==== Jealous classmate ==== | ||
- | **Scenario:** "Oh, you got into Best University? | + | ===== jealous classmate: ===== |
- | **Answer Discussion: | + | **Scenarior:** "Oh, you got into Best University? |
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- | ==== Jealous Boyfriend ==== | + | |
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- | **Scenario:** "You spend a lot of time with Joe in the lab. And, you always talk about him. You can' | + | |
**Answer Discussion: | **Answer Discussion: | ||
- | ==== Unevolved Classmate ==== | + | * jealous boyfriend: "You spend a lot of time with Joe in the lab. And, you always talk about him. You can't _just_ be friends with a boy. That's how we hooked up, remember? |
- | **Scenario:** Why are you in WITS? Are you some kind of feminist?" | + | * unevolved classmate: "Why are you in WITS? Are you some kind of feminist?" |
- | **Answer Discussion: | + | * interview |
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- | ==== Interview | + | |
- | **Scenario:** the you-can' | + | |
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- | ==== Insensitive Boss ==== | + | |
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- | ==== Tackling a Challenge ==== | + | |
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- | ==== Difficult Group Dynamics ==== | + | * insensitive boss (this one is real; not sure how to frame): Woman: "Our colleague comments on the outfits that the women in his classes wear, and it makes the students uncomfortable." |
- | **Scenario:** Not getting your voice heard in a group | + | * insensitive boss: you: here is what is happening to me; boss: just develop |
- | **Answer Discussion:** If you get interrupted, KEEP TALKING. | + | * not knowing what your capable of: Boss: "A scientific big-wig is coming to our office. |
+ | * female-stereotypical job assignments: |