8th December 2008, 03:50 PM
er, of course it should. but whenever discussions like this are had someone always pipes up with "then shouldn't there be a group for the MEN?" - well, as soon as men are treated like a minority interest, then fire you up the grassroots organisation of the same. (not that people ought to have a problem with striving for better representation of minority groups too - does british archeology appear to have some problems attracting asian and black students and employees? without any real insight into the situation i'd say that's how it looks from here.)
sexism is still pretty rife in archaeology imo - yes, it's better than it once was, but that's hardly a reason to go "oh well, all done here! let's go to the pub". we should probably still go to the pub (also imo. ahem.) but can we please not dismiss a long overdue attempt to do something constructive, even if it's just a talking shop at this stage?
sexism is still pretty rife in archaeology imo - yes, it's better than it once was, but that's hardly a reason to go "oh well, all done here! let's go to the pub". we should probably still go to the pub (also imo. ahem.) but can we please not dismiss a long overdue attempt to do something constructive, even if it's just a talking shop at this stage?