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DEFINITE INSTITUTIONAL BIAS … BUT TOTALLY UNCONSCIOUS
(HAD NEVER WORKED WITH WOMEN)
(PROBABLY INTERESTING SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY) ← BECAUSE OF WAY WOMEN WERE INJECTED IN
ASTRO TRAINING => LENGTHY [1ST YEAR => AS CLASS]
=> THEN SPEND ~1-2 YRS ASSIGNED
TO PARTICULAR PROJECT
- SIMULATOR
- TEST SHUTTLE SW
- ENGINE TESTING
- RMS DEVELOPMENT
(ASTROS: REP & VOICE)
QUITE HIGH LEVEL ACTIVITIES
GO TO ALL THE MEETINGS (ALL LEVELS)
=> AT ALMOST EVERY MEETING I WENT TO
~ ONLY WOMAN ↔ NONE HAD HAD WOMAN BEFORE
=> BUT EFFECT ACCENTUATED
(BECAUSE NOT AT LOW END .... ASTRONAUTS 
WORDS CARRY AT LOT OF WEIGHT …)
→ A FORCED CULTURAL CHANGE
(FORCED FROM TOP ...... TAKES MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT 
TAKES TIME (EVEN TO BUILD UP #'S)
CULTURAL CHANGE IS VERY DIFFICULT
(NASA LOT OF PROGRESS, LONG WAY TO GO → JSC IS STILL ENGINEERING CENTER
[[strikethrough]] mac [[/strikethrough]] MOST NOT ALL ENGINEERS ARE MALE
MOST, NOT ALL, MANAGERS ARE MALE
→ BRIGHTEST SPOTS ~20% OF ASTROS = WOMEN
HEAD OF THAT SPACE CENTER IS WOMEN
BUT BALANCE AT ALL LEVELS HASN'T BEEN ACHIEVED
CLH