[Martn Taylor 2017.05.30.08.05]
Hi Alice,
... I am passionate about learning more about PCT! The more I learn the more I realise I need to learn!!
Me too! I think that's what happens when you come across a "simple" story that really explains so much. But so far, it hasn't explained to me that apparent gender gap.
As I am new to all this I’m not aware of any backstory with regard to female participation in PCT research. There seems to be no doubt however, when I stop to think about it, that it is a very male-dominated field� Food for thought�.
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I don't have any theory about why that happens. My only anecdotal observation is the one I mentioned originally, about the reaction of my colleagues to the word "control". It was long enough ago that I don't remember much of the rest of the interaction, but I think they had the impression that to "control" Nature (the proximal source of one's perceptions) had connotations similar to to "dominate", an idea with which they had no sympathy. If you want to put a facile PCT overlay on that, perhaps they controlled for "myself fitting in", a reference value that is very different from a perception (in imagination) of "myself dominating".
The MoL community might be different. I don't know who they all are, but I get the impression there are several women doing good work there. Warren would know them.
Martin
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