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The point is that he was somewhat sexist in some fairly normal ways, but at the same time he was extremely unsexist in ways that no one else was. Other people
by xenophanes 17y ago
The point is that he was somewhat sexist in some fairly normal ways, but at the same time he was extremely unsexist in ways that no one else was.
Other people may have been more polite than Feynman in casual situations, but when it came to serious discussion he treated women (and students) as equals better than other people.
- restruct 17y agoNo, the point is that sexism is still sexism, even when sexism was (more) socially acceptable.