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Gibt es reguläre Events/Meetings für weibliche Mitglieder bzw.
Besucher des Metalabs?<br>
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lg, B<br>
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Anstoss vom
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<p><strong>Feeling insecure…</strong></p>
<p>Carrying out research for a PhD in computer science and going
to academic conferences I was very much in a minority as a
woman. The ratio was around 2:8 female to male, or lower, and
sometimes this made things a bit uncomfortable. I remember going
to one conference where, after being told by my supervisor that
I needed to network at conferences, I approached a couple of
guys during a break to discuss the previous session. I plucked
up courage and said something friendly about the last speaker to
start a conversation with them. They looked me up and down, and
then started talking to each other as if I hadn’t said anything.
I stood there feeling really silly, realized after about thirty
seconds that they were going to continue to ignore me, and then
walked away feeling absolutely mortified.</p>
<p>I had a few other encounters similar to this, and of course
some good ones too, but I never felt completely at ease in that
type of situation. That was until I went to a conference in
Brussels for women in science. This time there were about one
hundred women and two men. As I walked into the conference room
and stood looking around wondering where to go and sit, a woman
came over and started talking to me. We had a great chat and
joined a conversation with some other women, probably about why
we were at the conference and what we hoped to get out of it.
What an amazing difference. I met some truly amazing, inspiring
and supportive women. That conference changed my life.</p>
<p>I had thought that it was me, and my lack of social skills,
that was preventing me from enjoying academic life to the full.
Now I realized that wasn’t the case.</p>
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