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I think the Australian calendar is fairly benign and diverse (age-wise)
in its images.  Here's the US analog: http://www.geekgorgeous.com/

Frankly, I think it would be reasonable to see a calendar of this type
featuring both genders.  While we may associate IT and science jobs with
men, I don't think we typically think of those men as particularly
pinup-worthy...  "Check out the hot abs on that printer repair guy"--not
something I hear every day.

It's interesting to me that "geeks" might need a sexy calendar to
assuage (mis)perceptions about their attractiveness, but marketing guys,
accountants, etc. do not.  I don't think appearance has as much to do
with the gender gap as the gendered role of language and communication
in the world of engineering.  I'd be more surprised by a calendar
featuring "geeks" doing social, creative, emotionally expressive
activities than one that shows them without shirts.

Of course, I'd probably be more interested in the images of the
shirtless ones. :)

Nina


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As a female scientist of nearly 50 (and still only 50 kgs), I think 
that the calendar is terrific.

And I also think it's terrible... well actually pretty much all of 
the pictures are fairly harmless, now, aren't they?

On the one hand, I think that the message that female scientists are 
"normal" (attractive, and with appetites of all sorts) people is a 
very important one.

On the OTHER hand, encouraging communication between the genders on a 
non-reasoning level doesn't really help the issue.


Natasha

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