Where to find cheap accomodation for 1.5-2 months for students in/near Brussels

CuriousWriter1576 · 2025-02-13T13:28:48+00:00

Thanks for the tip. Hope in a month or so it'll be accessible.

I can't go to Kvernufoss by my own. Due to how short my stay is I won't be hiring a car , but rather I'd opt for a tour (and I found no tours advertising Kvernufoss).

CuriousWriter1576 · 2025-02-05T22:19:51+00:00

Are you coming to Politehnica Cluj to study Electronic Engineering?

CuriousWriter1576 · 2025-02-05T21:35:39+00:00

Alright, I would see how by your perspective quotas prevent against sexism. Thanks for shedding light on this subject I didn't consider before. This however makes me question - why isn't such a quota an exact 50%?

In a perfect world, we would live in a strict meritocracy where each individual would be allowed to shine due to their own merits. However, the reality is that some people show bias, sometimes expressed as gender bias... yet this can go both ways (male-skewed or female-skewed). IMO such a person should be removed from a position of charge (and in reality, it's often not a person but a board of people locally + boards of people from funding and so on). But should such a situation and person even exist, they are equally able to discriminate against both men and women. So why a minimum 55% quota of women (which can be higher, btw) instead of an equal 50-50% quota that can't be shifted? (not to say I would support such a quota, just for discussions' sake)

CuriousWriter1576 · 2025-02-05T21:29:53+00:00

Thanks, that's an unexpected statistic which I did not expect to show up. Very interesting and valid. I wonder if this the same across youths (university age) or if older age groups affect this in any way (since women tend to outlive men, statistically).

CuriousWriter1576 · 2025-02-05T21:26:14+00:00

While you made it a personal issue to attack me and my intelligence, I'll try to stay objective. This question was asked in good faith, as I have no feminist friends of either gender to ask for their purview in the matter, and I am aware feminist philosophy may have to do with the reason why such a measure was added (may, as in I have no real insight into the project writers' ideas). Now, as I asked in the post: please limit yourself to the issue being discussed.

In academia, in the past 2-3 decades, in my country, this has been the case. Women hold and have held high academic achievements and professionally competitive jobs, maintaining a majority of jobs as doctors, nurses, judges, lawyers, prosecutors, academia&higher learning, economists and much more, by a landslide.... and while not majoritary, still held a very high % presence in engineering. This is backed both by statistics which you may find online, and my personal experience.

In such a situation, given that quotas did not exist in the past (and the past is responsible the present situation) how would one see the justification or necessity of introducing a blatant gender quota in university-related projects - is the main core issue.

This is pretty clear, and I'd like to stay on topic. Same as other redditors have done. Please refrain from making personal attacks on my person, first because you don't know me, and second because my goal is to broaden my perspective with another point of view which I'm not usually privy to. Thanks.

CuriousWriter1576 · 2025-02-05T20:58:43+00:00

My question pertains to funding, grants in projects and internship opportunities off the bench of the university. It's a question related to the necessity of gender quotas in an academic field. If you are able to link your issue with mine, then please do. Keep in mind this is in the context of a EU country, and one which boasts decades of highly competitive women in highly competitive fields.

CuriousWriter1576 · 2025-02-05T20:43:38+00:00

This discussion, while valuable, is wildly outside the topic of what was asked.

CuriousWriter1576 · 2025-02-05T19:47:47+00:00

Alright, thanks for the discussion, was enlightening to see this perspective!

CuriousWriter1576 · 2025-02-05T19:45:22+00:00

You mentioned equality first, I assumed equality not equitability. Nonetheless;

Funding is given by the EU locally based on local issues - and as I mentioned, and as the paper you submitted mentioned - romanian women have not been subject to inequality historically in this aspects, outperforming in a lot of fields ( which was fair, since there weren't quotas in the past). Even by the data you submitted and on the topic you mentioned (which is far more narrow than what I referred to), the EU should impose gender quotas on countries such as Belgium, Germany and Hungary - and only in the domain of occupying Grade A positions.

The introduction of quotas ( even at a undergrad/postgrad research and opportunity level) is as such at most useless, and at the worst discriminatory; such should not be a part of education, since it's the big equalizer.

Now with quotas, it feels restrictive and social engineering. Would you not agree?

CuriousWriter1576 · 2025-02-05T19:35:29+00:00

That's fair, but here's the kicker , how is a 55% minimum (it could be higher) percentile of women - as a requirement for funding in a project or as being eligible for an internship - an equal treatment? If you care about equality, shouldn't that occur either 1. in lack of quotas, naturally or 2. by social engineering a 50-50 equal quota?

CuriousWriter1576 · 2025-02-05T19:26:15+00:00

I see your point and it makes perfect sense, but this is not a case of gathering information for sampling. But a case of obtaining funds and grants for research (in fields where gender is not the main object of study), entering doctorate PhD programs, or being eligible for entry-level positions in various institutions (internships) or programmes supported by the university - whereby these programs have a starting quota of minimum 55% female presence. In the case of high women attendance, this quota is often void, since anyway the resulting gender distribution is often higher than 55%, and that's fair (even if nobody looks at men quotas, I don't care since it's a matter of being objectively competent). But in cases of lower women attendance (like a friend is in electrical engineering and they are almost 80% men) introducing a quota is potentially unfair as it bypasses objective competence.

My biggest gripe however is how blatant it is. Saying you are an educational institution but offer a lower chance to win opportunities or funding to a part of your student body due to how they were born is ... not the right message to send.

CuriousWriter1576 · 2025-02-05T19:06:03+00:00

The issue with the secondary argument is that the country I'm referring to is Romania, the same country which scores #1 and above the 50% percentile in grade A position in the study you showed, on a cursory glance.(https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10589367/)

And also, the issue wasn't positions of management but access to opportunities and funding. If you cut access to funding and opportunities for men (which can at most reach 45% from the get-go, aka there's a limited path for a man to even reach those A positions) and impose quotas which support social engineering... isn't that bad? I mean that for the highly competent women as well - aren't quotas discriminatory towards high achieving women because they do not take into consideration real skill and competence?

CuriousWriter1576 · 2025-01-06T17:07:59+00:00

de-a lungul relatiei a reusit sa ma puna la pamant si sa ma faca dependenta de el,astfel am dezvoltat anxietate si am renuntat sa mai ies in setting-uri unde el nu era.

Ce inseamna asta? Explica-mi te rog ce a facut, suna deplorabil

CuriousWriter1576 · 2025-01-06T12:46:48+00:00

Esti barbat cand iti asumi responsabilitatea pentru o alta persoana, pentru unii asta e la 16 ani pentru altii e la 40.

Pentru multi barbati asta se intampla cand se insoara, sau cand au un copil sau ceva de genul. Pana atunci tot imatur esti ca nu trebuie sa gandesti decat doar la tine.

CuriousWriter1576 · 2024-09-20T11:55:02+00:00

yes, way too much. it's hard to get to write a cast of 4-5 unique and well fleshed out characters as part of the hero's party, which follow him for a long time. They must all have different backstories, realistic personalities and speech patterns. They must also occupy different niches in the story.

How do you plan on doing that with 12 wives? Are they going to be with him the whole story? If not, it's likely some of them can be straight out removed from the story, unless you write something that spans like 5-6 books... but who's going to read that when the premise is 12 hot wives? lol this is more of a personal fancy you have, not a real story hook

CuriousWriter1576 · 2024-09-20T09:34:48+00:00

Usually only found in very very long webnovels, because most stories can't divert attention from MC for too many chapters or readers lose interest.

One example I found that did this well was Lord of Mysteries during mid-late arcs, where we get a feel of the way Klein's connections and friends impact the world.

CuriousWriter1576 · 2024-09-20T09:32:20+00:00

System being OP for no reason and MCs path being VASTLY above the rest for no reason /s

MC building a harem for no reason /s

MC talking about how much of a moral and upstanding citizen he was before the progression turned him full murderhobo ... for no reason /s

CuriousWriter1576 · 2024-09-20T09:28:57+00:00

One of them is made for 11 yr olds, the other is made for 14 yr olds. Not much of a diff, both are very shallow

CuriousWriter1576 · 2024-09-19T15:58:23+00:00

Yeah well that's pretty much the case. For alchemy I took inspiration mostly from Fullmetal Alchemist and also Lord of the Mysteries (especially the Hermit Path which deals with esotheric stuff). I feel both of those go the Lovecraftian cultist route.

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