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Scientist Suspended for Presentation That Argued There Is No Sexism in Physics
- Paul_S 8y agoThe removed slides are here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c_NyUhOZ8erdqU2AGZJZtNfFeA91Kefj/view https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c_NyUhOZ8erdqU2AGZJZtNfFeA9...
- nabla9 8y agoAt least Damore put in some effort. Strumia slides end with right-wing conspiracy theory tone.
- derpderderpderp 8y agoLook I read the slides. His argument is basically look at the citation data-there are systemic gaps between men and women. Then some interpretation yields his claim that women aren't discriminated against. Is this an ironclad argument? No I don't think so. Does it have tinges of right wing paranoia? Yes. If I was a woman in physics would I be eager to collaborate with him? Probably not. Do I agree with him? Basically not all. As a dude in stem I can totally see why women wouldn't want to be surrounded by socially awkward dude-bros and how the dynamic could be discriminatory in a variety of ways. I just don't really see anything here that merits him being removed from a research community.... It seems a like a massive infringement of academic freedom to decide that the mere act of questioning commonly accepted beliefs about gender and science merit dismissal. This is just a cynical CYA move by CERN to deflect bad press. Edit: he definitely is a bit of a right wing paranoiac though-just fyi.