I liked the idea of \u200b\u200bstarting with a quotation from a movie title of a famous actor from my fellow countryman, Massimo Troisi, indimenticabile per la sua originale e intelligente ironia. Ma poi, confesso, sono rimasta
nell'imbarazzo tra: "Il postino", "Scusate il ritardo" e "Non ci resta che piangere", che mi parevano tutti piu' o meno azzeccati ...
soprattutto per le molte perplessita' e lo scarso entusiamo manifestati, piu' o meno apertamente, da molte colleghe chiamate a contribuire a quest'iniziativa.
Nel leggere le esperienze raccontate in precedenza su questo blog da varie colleghe - alcune delle quali appena all'inizio della loro carriera - ho puntualmente avuto l'impressione di ritrovare qualcosa anche della mia.
E' come se vi sia un filo conduttore che accomuna gran parte delle nostre storie personali al di la', ovviamente, boundary conditions that may have been also quite different.
And it 'probably the first fact of having a predisposition to scientific studies, a lot of curiosity' to the natural world and its phenomena, and often a certain spirit of adventure but also can not forget that we have been given the opportunity 'to grow from an early age' passion for the study, until the meeting, more 'or less random, more' or less precocious, with "the Mother of All Sciences", which made us choose the path that led us to make our profession of Astronomy.
But at this point it seems legitimate to ask the question: Is there 'maybe some difference in the path followed by our male colleague?
I guess the answer is no. In any event, in this regard, it would be interesting and appropriate to hear the voice of someone of "professional astronomer ...
For this reason, I particularly welcome and fully endorse the statement made earlier by Paul Edwards, who stressed that, when reading a scientific paper (as, I might add, a proposal for observing time, or submitting a research project ), not only do not notice if the author is male or female, but the thing is' totally irrelevant to us.
I always had the belief (or perhaps illusion?) That our country, at least in our area, was quite ahead of many other countries about the "woman question" and that, take rather, the real problem resided elsewhere and is that the opportunities' for growth and cultural approach to the world of science depend heavily on the social context in which an individual is formed, and today, in an ever more 'urgent, from the limited (and mostly' poor) prospects for integration into the work that the company 'now seems able to offer to young people.
So, my fear is that the "initial bias" of a blog devoted exclusively to the 'female world "is perceived by many as a sign of discrimination that probably does not encourage a large turnout.
However, as I note at least in Spain there is also a blog dedicated to: "Los JOURNALIERE Cosmicos" El blog de los profesionales astronomos, which, if nothing else, it balances a little 'things ....
Elvira Covino
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