Patricia Neal Stage
Truth Values: One Girl’s Romp Through M.I.T.’s Male Math Maze
May 25 & 26, 2018
"Energetic, intimate, hilarious."
– Wired
"De Cari is an appealing performer . . . a kind of wide-eyed Alice-in-Numberland." – The Boston Globe
"Her story is filled with moments of true hilarity, but crosses often and deftly into serious topics of gender inequality, gender bias, and expectations - society's and her own." – ExperienceLA.com
Writer/performer and "recovering mathematician" Gioia De Cari charmingly brings to life more than 30 characters and provides a conversation catalyst about gender equity and diversity issues.
• Should labs be single-sex to spare male scientists the distraction of women crying when criticized, and the temptation to fall in love with them, as Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt proposed?
• Are women inherently inferior to men in math and science, as Lawrence Summers, former President of Harvard, suggested?
• Must women have faith rather than ask for a pay raise, as Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, advised?
• Do women continue to drop out of the STEM fields because they just can’t cut it in highly competitive work environments, as recently put forward by the far-right media?
Come to Truth Values and see for yourself!
"De Cari is an appealing performer . . . a kind of wide-eyed Alice-in-Numberland." – The Boston Globe
"Her story is filled with moments of true hilarity, but crosses often and deftly into serious topics of gender inequality, gender bias, and expectations - society's and her own." – ExperienceLA.com
Writer/performer and "recovering mathematician" Gioia De Cari charmingly brings to life more than 30 characters and provides a conversation catalyst about gender equity and diversity issues.
• Should labs be single-sex to spare male scientists the distraction of women crying when criticized, and the temptation to fall in love with them, as Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt proposed?
• Are women inherently inferior to men in math and science, as Lawrence Summers, former President of Harvard, suggested?
• Must women have faith rather than ask for a pay raise, as Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, advised?
• Do women continue to drop out of the STEM fields because they just can’t cut it in highly competitive work environments, as recently put forward by the far-right media?
Come to Truth Values and see for yourself!
