If this was intended as a response to my post I'm afraid I don’t get the relevance.
I was also not aware that the grants were awarded to men. I thought they were awarded to
projects on merit.
Cheers,
Peter
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Hearing people whine “what about the men” because, God forbid, men might not get *every
single* grant this time (as they did in the pilot round of IEGs), is incredibly tiresome.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Peter Southwood < peter.southwood(a)telkomsa.net>
wrote:
If you take it entirely at face value, I find it quite
inoffensive.
As I have no experience with reviewing grant proposals, I can't
comment on its accuracy, but I am quite happy to take Fred's word for it.
Offence is often available if you search for it hard enough.
Cheers,
Peter
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On 8 Jan 2015 16:11, "FRED BAUDER" <fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net> wrote:
...
I've noticed that women are often quite
motivated and good at
writing
grant proposals.
Extending good faith I would presume this is irony. It does not
transmit well by email. Please keep in mind how offensive this sort of thing appears.
Fae
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