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Originally Posted by jjjnettie
Women find it hard enough to be taken seriously in amateur astronomy.
I've been ignored in telescope shops, told I'm just a "groupie" when attending serious conferences, told my work is only published because I'm female (well, sometimes, being featured in an article on women in amateur astronomy was done because I'm female)
I don't think us wandering around the field just wearing paint and pasties would give us the sort of recognition we're looking for.  Especially given that I'm in my mid 50's and old enough to be a granny. |
I had expected that you might point out that your youthful good looks had somewhat faded; it's happened to me too. I also thought you might point out that you would freeze your butt off; to which I was going to suggest having a freezer suite painted on. But I hadn't expect the 'groupie' angle. Really?! You were called a groupie!!
How very 18th Century. [Not to mention the bloke concerned having unbelievable tickets on himself.] I hope that this sort of attitude is restricted to a few ignoramuses and is dying out.
BTW for the first few seconds I thought that clip was an animation.