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coolerbythelake ([personal profile] coolerbythelake) wrote2006-12-03 12:29 pm

http://www.slate.com/id/2154331/

Recently, the transsexual neuroscientist Ben Barres, who has worked as both a woman and a man in science, noted that he is treated with more respect and interrupted less frequently now that he is a man. (After one talk, a faculty member was overheard saying, "Ben Barres gave a great seminar today, but then his work is much better than his sister's.")

i liked that quote, but it wasn't really the main point of this cool article. (thanks, [livejournal.com profile] didotwite.)

[identity profile] ironheadjane.livejournal.com 2006-12-03 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
huh. very interesting. *checks out article*

[identity profile] lorilori.livejournal.com 2006-12-03 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
My first reaction was, "he wouldn't take womens word for it? He went ahead and changed his sex to find that out?"

[identity profile] themiddlestates.livejournal.com 2006-12-03 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
i doubt that was why he changed ftm. :)

[identity profile] bibliofile.livejournal.com 2006-12-04 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Now that's what I call a dedication to research!

Oy.
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[personal profile] didotwite 2006-12-04 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
HAPPY BIRFDAY

[identity profile] paperhurts.livejournal.com 2006-12-04 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
FASCINATING!!!