On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Randall Gellens <randy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 2:03 PM -0500 3/11/13, Mary Barnes wrote: > >> To suggest that >> someone is not qualified to be an AD because they shed tears in a >> contentious situation is unacceptable IMHO. > > > I'm confused as to why that would be considered a reason not to appoint > someone, regardless of gender. Is it because tears makes others > uncomfortable or is it seen as an inability to be tough when needed? It > doesn't make sense to me. > > Especially because we've had ADs who screamed, yelled, threw things in WG > meetings. > [MB] I made a comment earlier in this thread that we have received input to past nomcoms suggesting that would be the reason not to appoint female nominees as opposed to males. And, I highlighted that the behavior you note is more typical (although not exclusive) behavior of men when they get upset. I do believe it is because tears make many here far more uncomfortable then the screaming which seems to be far more the norm here in my experience. [/MB] > > -- > Randall Gellens > Opinions are personal; facts are suspect; I speak for myself only > -------------- Randomly selected tag: --------------- > There is always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat, > plausible, and wrong. --H.L. Mencken