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New posting! This addresses the recent controversy at the 2023 Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting, where one of the speakers used his time to complain that he felt discriminated against as a white man.
To my mind, that isn't what's surprising and shocking about the episode.
The surprising thing is that on this occasion, a courageous young female scientist actually called him out on it.
The shocking thing is that despite such sexist, chauvinistic comments still being commonplace, such interventions basically never happen. And they should. #womeninstem
@TIR_scienceblog would have been even better if a man his “equal” in power had stepped up and called him on it.
@TIR_scienceblog thanks for writing this. You’ve captured everything that needled me about this event. Massive respect to the ECR that spoke out.