Look 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

Look 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.