Asking the Right Questions

At the WFTV board meeting yesterday, Janet Fielding told us that Ros Gill, an academic at the LSE, is due to publish a book called "Gender And The Media" later this year (see synopsis here).

Apparently this is a wonderfully comprehensive review across Anglo-American media, looking at women's roles in front and behind the camera, and asking why the power balance remains firmly in favour of men, despite numerous campaigns, training initiatives etc aimed to help women succeed.

WFTV chair Sophie Balhetchet mentioned Steven Levitt's current bestseller, Freakonomics, which suggests that society can be seen completely differently if we start to ask different questions.

This made me wonder, are we asking the right questions when it comes to helping women succeed in the technical grades?