[optimal] Re: Scientific Session idea: gender in ophthalmic
- From: angiolith@xxxxxxx
- To: optimal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 10:34:16 -0400 (EDT)
I am not able to take the bait about gender in ophthalmic photography, but
would like to stir the pot:
1. The fact that more of the fiddlers, jury riggers, etc., are male may not be
a gender biased finding. Most of the early ophthalmic photographers were male
(probably because the institutions were more likely to hire males in the late
70'sand 80's), and these males were fiddlers and jury-riggers by necessity as
well as by nature, since the profession was not codified yet and we had to do
considerable problem solving.
2. The fiddlers and jury riggers, of whatever gender, are not necessarily
better ophthalmic photographers either. When I offer to try to fix something I
haven't tried before, I always ask the requester if he/she is OK with me
ruining what I try to fix; the first time you try to fix something is always a
tricky proposition. On the other hand, I have loved taking things apart since
I was a kid. Still do - I never throw out a broken appliance or piece of
electronics without peeking inside.
3. But is this gender based or biased? Gender or environmentally determined?
I don't know. However, my daughter has always liked fixing and taking stuff
apart with me, and my son (who is an expert computer weenie) could care less.
4. And Denice, I AM writing this while working (but at an office that has a
fairly low FA volume).
Marty Rothenberg
Angiographics, Inc.
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