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@inthehands<\/a> Yes! A good summary! <\/p>

\"Innate trait\" explanations of human achievement that are tied to dominant social groups almost *always* make us more brittle in the face of change, challenge, including experiencing positive progress AS a challenge that it is not, is the argument of a lot of us who work on these belief structures<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435956505582689","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11386012","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"11385859"}},"published":"2025-10-25T18:18:13+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"inthehands repeated a notice by grimalkina","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/115436178026657109\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"RT @inthehands @grimalkina
So if I\u2019m understanding that graph, we have a situation where:- some people feel more optimistic about their \u2022own\u2022\u00a0future when they hear about conditions improving for \u2022others\u2022 (!!), while other people feel more pessimistic- and there\u2019s a sharp divergence between those groups- and that divergence correlates with whether people think their own ability \/ security in their field is due to innate traits??","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/115436172795298226\/activity","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435912832318321","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> And yes, there is a continuum! You can endorse this belief more strongly or not, you can also endorse OTHER beliefs that compete with it\/or can be activated instead of it (beliefs are fucking complicated)<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435912832318321","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11386010","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"11385658"}},"published":"2025-10-25T18:16:53+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"inthehands repeated a notice by grimalkina","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/115436172795298226\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-original-tmp20251227202804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-48-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-24-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"87810"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","note":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> Yes! A good summary! <\/p>

\"Innate trait\" explanations of human achievement that are tied to dominant social groups almost *always* make us more brittle in the face of change, challenge, including experiencing positive progress AS a challenge that it is not, is the argument of a lot of us who work on these belief structures<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435956505582689","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435956505582689","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> Yes! A good summary! <\/p>

\"Innate trait\" explanations of human achievement that are tied to dominant social groups almost *always* make us more brittle in the face of change, challenge, including experiencing positive progress AS a challenge that it is not, is the argument of a lot of us who work on these belief structures<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435956505582689","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/115435931841173808","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/115435931841173808"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385859","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T17:52:41+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435956505582689"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

@grimalkina<\/a> <\/p>

So now I really understand what you meant about this result being notable: it\u2019s not much of a surprise that people who sense of security hinges on identity traits would feel threatened, but it seems really important that when people get away from prototypicality, they actually derive optimism from the possibility of others succeeding. That seems just incredibly important.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/115436076200735762","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/115436076200735762","objectType":"note","content":"

@grimalkina<\/a> <\/p>

So now I really understand what you meant about this result being notable: it\u2019s not much of a surprise that people who sense of security hinges on identity traits would feel threatened, but it seems really important that when people get away from prototypicality, they actually derive optimism from the possibility of others succeeding. That seems just incredibly important.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/115436076200735762","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435956505582689","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435956505582689"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385860","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T17:52:40+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/115436076200735762"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/chaos.social\/users\/sennoma","displayName":"lower-value human capital","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/216975-original-tmp20260310023044.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/216975-96-20260311212529.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/216975-48-20260310055521.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/216975-24-20260311212529.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"216975"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/216975-96-20260311212529.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Thinkmonkey for hire. He\/him; they\/them is also fine.Biologist, humanist, atheist, democratic socialist; anarcho-curious. Science, art, culture, literature, film, music, poetry, photography, chocolate, beerIf I follow you it's because you said something funny, insightful, or both, and I'm hoping you'll do it again.Ceterum censeo, Elsevier delenda est.#OpenScience, #Biotech, #AssayDevelopment, #InVitroDiagnostics, #WorkerOwned, #AntiFascisthttps:\/\/justmytoots.com\/@sennoma@chaos.social","url":"https:\/\/chaos.social\/@sennoma","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"sennoma","displayName":"lower-value human capital","note":"Thinkmonkey for hire. He\/him; they\/them is also fine.Biologist, humanist, atheist, democratic socialist; anarcho-curious. Science, art, culture, literature, film, music, poetry, photography, chocolate, beerIf I follow you it's because you said something funny, insightful, or both, and I'm hoping you'll do it again.Ceterum censeo, Elsevier delenda est.#OpenScience, #Biotech, #AssayDevelopment, #InVitroDiagnostics, #WorkerOwned, #AntiFascisthttps:\/\/justmytoots.com\/@sennoma@chaos.social"}},"content":"

@grimalkina<\/a> @inthehands<\/a> <\/p>

(Just poking my head around the door to thank Paul for asking and Cat for answering -- in terms I can understand -- this question. Fascinating stuff.) <\/p>

As you were.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/chaos.social\/users\/sennoma\/statuses\/115435917325304240","object":{"id":"https:\/\/chaos.social\/users\/sennoma\/statuses\/115435917325304240","objectType":"note","content":"

@grimalkina<\/a> @inthehands<\/a> <\/p>

(Just poking my head around the door to thank Paul for asking and Cat for answering -- in terms I can understand -- this question. Fascinating stuff.) <\/p>

As you were.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/chaos.social\/@sennoma\/115435917325304240","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435912832318321","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435912832318321"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385668","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T17:18:18+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/chaos.social\/@sennoma\/115435917325304240"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-original-tmp20251227202804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-48-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-24-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"87810"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","note":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science"}},"content":"

@sennoma<\/a> @inthehands<\/a> I really, really enjoy unpacking social science methods and love questions of this sort<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435923911390105","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435923911390105","objectType":"note","content":"

@sennoma<\/a> @inthehands<\/a> I really, really enjoy unpacking social science methods and love questions of this sort<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435923911390105","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/chaos.social\/users\/sennoma\/statuses\/115435917325304240","url":"https:\/\/chaos.social\/@sennoma\/115435917325304240"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/chaos.social\/users\/sennoma"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385669","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T17:18:17+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435923911390105"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

@grimalkina<\/a> @sennoma<\/a>
I love hearing all the theoretical and methodological care it takes to ask these questions well, and appreciate you bearing with my clumsy attempts to understand it in lay terms (which of course ends up flattening out some of that care)<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/115435942197509253","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/115435942197509253","objectType":"note","content":"

@grimalkina<\/a> @sennoma<\/a>
I love hearing all the theoretical and methodological care it takes to ask these questions well, and appreciate you bearing with my clumsy attempts to understand it in lay terms (which of course ends up flattening out some of that care)<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/115435942197509253","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435923911390105","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435923911390105"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/chaos.social\/users\/sennoma"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385670","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T17:18:16+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/115435942197509253"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-original-tmp20251227202804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-48-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-24-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"87810"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","note":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> And yes, there is a continuum! You can endorse this belief more strongly or not, you can also endorse OTHER beliefs that compete with it\/or can be activated instead of it (beliefs are fucking complicated)<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435912832318321","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435912832318321","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> And yes, there is a continuum! You can endorse this belief more strongly or not, you can also endorse OTHER beliefs that compete with it\/or can be activated instead of it (beliefs are fucking complicated)<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435912832318321","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435910319586248","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435910319586248"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385658","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T17:15:37+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435912832318321"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-original-tmp20251227202804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-48-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-24-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"87810"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","note":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> <\/p>

\"the extent to which participants felt that innate ability legitimized their group's prototypicality in STEM: <\/p>

\u201cThere is something innate about being a man that makes someone better at working in my professional field.\u201d, <\/p>

\u201cThere is a biological basis for why men do better at my professional field than women.\u201d, and <\/p>

\u201cBiology has nothing to do with men or women succeeding in my professional field.\u201d [reverse coded]<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435910319586248","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435910319586248","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> <\/p>

\"the extent to which participants felt that innate ability legitimized their group's prototypicality in STEM: <\/p>

\u201cThere is something innate about being a man that makes someone better at working in my professional field.\u201d, <\/p>

\u201cThere is a biological basis for why men do better at my professional field than women.\u201d, and <\/p>

\u201cBiology has nothing to do with men or women succeeding in my professional field.\u201d [reverse coded]<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435910319586248","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435908306797097","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435908306797097"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385657","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T17:15:37+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435910319586248"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-original-tmp20251227202804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-48-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-24-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"87810"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","note":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> oh yes thank you I should've defined that. It's a version of innate essentializing (*I* probably would've named it differently). Here's the operationalization:<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435908306797097","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435908306797097","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> oh yes thank you I should've defined that. It's a version of innate essentializing (*I* probably would've named it differently). Here's the operationalization:<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435908306797097","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/115435900395523023","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/115435900395523023"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385656","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T17:15:37+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435908306797097"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

@grimalkina<\/a>
So if I\u2019m understanding that graph, we have a situation where:<\/p>

- some people feel more optimistic about their \u2022own\u2022\u00a0future when they hear about conditions improving for \u2022others\u2022 (!!), while other people feel more pessimistic<\/p>

- and there\u2019s a sharp divergence between those groups<\/p>

- and that divergence correlates with whether people think their own ability \/ security in their field is due to innate traits<\/p>

??<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/115435931841173808","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/115435931841173808","objectType":"note","content":"

@grimalkina<\/a>
So if I\u2019m understanding that graph, we have a situation where:<\/p>

- some people feel more optimistic about their \u2022own\u2022\u00a0future when they hear about conditions improving for \u2022others\u2022 (!!), while other people feel more pessimistic<\/p>

- and there\u2019s a sharp divergence between those groups<\/p>

- and that divergence correlates with whether people think their own ability \/ security in their field is due to innate traits<\/p>

??<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/115435931841173808","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435912832318321","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435912832318321"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385659","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T17:15:36+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/115435931841173808"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-original-tmp20251227202804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-48-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-24-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"87810"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","note":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> of course!! I love talking about threat lol let me pull it open again to be clear (I have read HUNDREDS of studies these last three months)<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435627468707179","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435627468707179","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> of course!! I love talking about threat lol let me pull it open again to be clear (I have read HUNDREDS of studies these last three months)<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435627468707179","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/115435621319374430","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/115435621319374430"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385610","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T17:07:39+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435627468707179"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-original-tmp20251227202804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-48-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-24-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"87810"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","note":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> <\/p>

Then, they developed the outcome measures, which include a measure of *threat* (sec 6.1.4.1.) e.g., \u201cI worry
that by 2050, it won't be clear what my professional field stands for.\u201d, \u201cI am concerned that by 2050, men will no longer represent my field's
professional identity.\u201d, and \u201cI believe there will always be a place for
men like me in my professional field.\u201d<\/p>

(I find these fun to read because I have also worked on threat measures)<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435809978728819","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435809978728819","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> <\/p>

Then, they developed the outcome measures, which include a measure of *threat* (sec 6.1.4.1.) e.g., \u201cI worry
that by 2050, it won't be clear what my professional field stands for.\u201d, \u201cI am concerned that by 2050, men will no longer represent my field's
professional identity.\u201d, and \u201cI believe there will always be a place for
men like me in my professional field.\u201d<\/p>

(I find these fun to read because I have also worked on threat measures)<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435809978728819","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435805290992117","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435805290992117"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385614","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T17:07:38+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435809978728819"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-original-tmp20251227202804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-48-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-24-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"87810"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","note":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> <\/p>

2) reading about the same initiative failing to change the % of women<\/p>

The thinking here is that a direct manipulation helps us to be more precise about *what* is driving the threat response. E.g., not just \"thinking about an initiative for women in STEM\" but prompting imagining specific future changes. (by the way we call this theoretical precision; you need to match your measure to your theoretical account of what you're observing as well as possible)<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435805290992117","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435805290992117","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> <\/p>

2) reading about the same initiative failing to change the % of women<\/p>

The thinking here is that a direct manipulation helps us to be more precise about *what* is driving the threat response. E.g., not just \"thinking about an initiative for women in STEM\" but prompting imagining specific future changes. (by the way we call this theoretical precision; you need to match your measure to your theoretical account of what you're observing as well as possible)<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435805290992117","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435798592089945","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435798592089945"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385613","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T17:07:38+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435805290992117"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-original-tmp20251227202804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-48-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-24-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"87810"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","note":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> <\/p>

Ok, pls excuse if this is oversimplified but in the interests of other readers too: <\/p>

- key to this is in the second study methods (sec 6.1.3). In the second study, they wanted to do a direct \"manipulation\" of whether participants (all men working in STEM) are being exposed to a message about how STEM has changed (or not). <\/p>

They randomly assign ppl to 1\/2 conditions: 1) reading about an initiative for women in STEM succeeding at change the % of women in STEM in the future, or<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435798592089945","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435798592089945","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> <\/p>

Ok, pls excuse if this is oversimplified but in the interests of other readers too: <\/p>

- key to this is in the second study methods (sec 6.1.3). In the second study, they wanted to do a direct \"manipulation\" of whether participants (all men working in STEM) are being exposed to a message about how STEM has changed (or not). <\/p>

They randomly assign ppl to 1\/2 conditions: 1) reading about an initiative for women in STEM succeeding at change the % of women in STEM in the future, or<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435798592089945","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435627468707179","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435627468707179"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385611","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T17:07:38+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435798592089945"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-original-tmp20251227202804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-48-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-24-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"87810"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","note":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> <\/p>

But what about men low in PL? We could imagine they have NO response (don't get more threatened at the majority loss), that being low in PL essentially makes you hold steady. <\/p>

Interestingly though, we don't see them stay neutral. We see them CHANGE when comparing the majority loss condition: they show lower threat. This is similar to how we would expect, for instance, women to react to this scenario! <\/p>

Fig 3 illustrates. The dotted line isn't straight, it shifts down.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435835202152096","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435835202152096","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> <\/p>

But what about men low in PL? We could imagine they have NO response (don't get more threatened at the majority loss), that being low in PL essentially makes you hold steady. <\/p>

Interestingly though, we don't see them stay neutral. We see them CHANGE when comparing the majority loss condition: they show lower threat. This is similar to how we would expect, for instance, women to react to this scenario! <\/p>

Fig 3 illustrates. The dotted line isn't straight, it shifts down.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435835202152096","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435820256288898","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435820256288898"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385616","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T17:07:37+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435835202152096"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-original-tmp20251227202804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-48-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-24-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"87810"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","note":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science"}},"content":"

@inthehands<\/a> <\/p>

Now here is the fun part: there are a few things that we might imagine happening. Key to this is understanding we can separate men into two groups: either being HIGH in prototypicality legitimacy, or being LOW in it (I'm sorry, experimentalists apparently find it IMPOSSIBLE to name things simply)<\/p>

We want to know what happens for both groups. The central research question is, will men with high PL have a stronger threat response to the \"majority loss\"?<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435820256288898","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435820256288898","objectType":"note","content":"

@inthehands<\/a> <\/p>

Now here is the fun part: there are a few things that we might imagine happening. Key to this is understanding we can separate men into two groups: either being HIGH in prototypicality legitimacy, or being LOW in it (I'm sorry, experimentalists apparently find it IMPOSSIBLE to name things simply)<\/p>

We want to know what happens for both groups. The central research question is, will men with high PL have a stronger threat response to the \"majority loss\"?<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435820256288898","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435809978728819","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435809978728819"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385615","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T17:07:37+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435820256288898"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

@grimalkina<\/a>
Certainly not oversimplified for me; probably barely simplified enough for my dim understanding of the ways of social science!<\/p>

IIUC, \u201cprototypicality legitimacy\u201d here means roughly some version of \u201cgood programmers tend fit some specific prototype (\u2018male\u2019 in this case)?\u201d (I take it there\u2019s some nuanced distinction between the words \u201cprototypical\u201d and \u201cstereotypical\u201d here?)<\/p>

And the theory is that some people lean on that kind of belief while others don\u2019t (or at least there\u2019s a continuum)?<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/115435900395523023","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/115435900395523023","objectType":"note","content":"

@grimalkina<\/a>
Certainly not oversimplified for me; probably barely simplified enough for my dim understanding of the ways of social science!<\/p>

IIUC, \u201cprototypicality legitimacy\u201d here means roughly some version of \u201cgood programmers tend fit some specific prototype (\u2018male\u2019 in this case)?\u201d (I take it there\u2019s some nuanced distinction between the words \u201cprototypical\u201d and \u201cstereotypical\u201d here?)<\/p>

And the theory is that some people lean on that kind of belief while others don\u2019t (or at least there\u2019s a continuum)?<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/115435900395523023","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435835202152096","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435835202152096"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385617","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T17:07:36+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/115435900395523023"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-original-tmp20231130153900.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-48-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-24-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"53259"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/53259-96-20231130154634.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"inthehands","displayName":"Paul Cantrell","note":"Composer, pianist, programmer, professor, rabble rouser, redheadComputer Science at https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/mscs\/(Student projects: https:\/\/devgarden.macalester.edu)Artistic Director of https:\/\/newruckus.orgFreelance dev, often with https:\/\/bustout.comMusical troublemaker https:\/\/innig.net\/music\/The heart is the toughest part of the body.Tenderness is in the hands.\u00a0\u2014 Carolyn Forch\u00e9searchable"}},"content":"

@grimalkina<\/a> <\/p>

Would you be willing to work out this bit just a little more?<\/p>

\u201cthose success examples *lowered* rather than increased threat\u201d<\/p>

I feel like I\u2019m in that dangerous zone here where I understand only enough to misunderstand.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/115435621319374430","object":{"id":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/users\/inthehands\/statuses\/115435621319374430","objectType":"note","content":"

@grimalkina<\/a> <\/p>

Would you be willing to work out this bit just a little more?<\/p>

\u201cthose success examples *lowered* rather than increased threat\u201d<\/p>

I feel like I\u2019m in that dangerous zone here where I understand only enough to misunderstand.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/115435621319374430","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435602909266905","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435602909266905"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385316","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T15:56:39+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/hachyderm.io\/@inthehands\/115435621319374430"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-original-tmp20251227202804.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-48-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-24-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"87810"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/87810-96-20251227203233.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"grimalkina","displayName":"Cat Hicks","note":"Psychologist for the humans of tech Evidence strategy for technical teamsThe Psychology of Software Teams (July, 2026): https:\/\/www.drcathicks.com\/#bookCo-host at Change, Technically: https:\/\/www.changetechnically.fyi\/Seizing the means of scientific production. "Too much psychology for a software engineering audience" - Reviewer 2She\/herFounded: Catharsis Consulting, Developer Success Lab, TravrseNeighborhood Cool Aunt of Science"}},"content":"

I'm adding onto this thread because I think I missed emphasizing an important take-away (protip -- read papers over a couple of days) <\/p>

This isn't *inevitable*: men who didn't hold this strong belief in a masculine default for STEM careers actually embraced examples of the success of women in STEM, and the researchers found those success examples *lowered* rather than increased threat.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-03:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435602909266905","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115435602909266905","objectType":"note","content":"

I'm adding onto this thread because I think I missed emphasizing an important take-away (protip -- read papers over a couple of days) <\/p>

This isn't *inevitable*: men who didn't hold this strong belief in a masculine default for STEM careers actually embraced examples of the success of women in STEM, and the researchers found those success examples *lowered* rather than increased threat.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435602909266905","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/grimalkina\/statuses\/115431531189041188","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115431531189041188"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-10-24:objectType=thread:nonce=996070cce1ad59c2","notice_info":{"local_id":"11385315","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-10-25T15:56:39+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@grimalkina\/115435602909266905"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5797327","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}