I was struck by the imbalance in the conversation, so I counted a few things in the video:
# men: 6 (the host, Cornel West, and the 4 men on stage)
# women: 2
Length of time men spoke overall: 7:11
Length of time women spoke overall: 2:12
Length of time men spoke per person: 1:11
Length of time women spoke per person: 1:06
Length of time the audience gave extended applause to men: 0:52
Length of time the audience gave extended applause to women: 0:02*
While women were not represented in terms of numbers, they did have as much chance to speak as the men were. I’d say a difference of 5 seconds is negligible. What disturbs me is how the audience responded to their points. The two seconds of applause for Kim Osorio was granted when she prompted the audience to thank Nelly for appearing despite his record label wanting otherwise; if I hadn’t counted that, the women would have gotten a goose egg. A group with a 3:1 gender ratio had a 26:1 applause ratio. I’m not sure what to think about that.
I kinda liked you. You were from the East, a single woman, an underdog in German politics. You were an outsider.
Then you had a little trouble with some Turks. Apparently there were a few German citizens that did a little terrorizing in Pakistan.
And now, suddenly, you’ve decided that after only 20 years of racial integration, it’s not working and it’s all the immigrants’ fault.
So my conclusion is that you’re a douche.
What’s that? The Turks don’t speak English? Could that be perhaps because there hasn’t been an effort to provide German as a Second Language programs that would teach them to speak German? Could it perhaps be because you allow people to enter the country under the assumption (or if I were more cynical, hope) that they will leave soon?
Turkish people come to Canada and they have no problem integrating. The problem is not the Turks, the problem is that Germany is still full of old Nazis. As a German-Canadian, this is hard for me to say. But it’s the truth. You may feel forever guilty about all the racist crap you did in the ’40s, but you clearly haven’t learned from it.
0 – 12 No Autism, essentially
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15 Average woman, and average male or female biologist
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17 Average female scientist
18 Average man
19 Average male scientist, and average male or female physicist
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21 Average male or female computer scientist 22 ME
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24 Average math contest winner
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32-50 Scores over 32 are generally taken to indicate Asperger’s Syndrome or high-functioning autism, with more than 34 an “extreme” score.
They hit the nail right on the head!
Disclaimer: I initially got a 29 but I think I was influenced by my knowledge of autism symptoms. I retook it a little more realistically and ended up with a more realistic number. Lord knows, I wouldn’t want to be mistaken for a math contest winner! Gross!
