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Throwback Thursday: Stop Sexism in Science (Synopsis) [Starts With A Bang]
“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.” –John Stuart Mill
If there’s nothing else that science has to offer, it’s this elegant notion: that anyone, anywhere, at anytime, can investigate and uncover the mysteries and workings of the Universe simply by asking it the right questions in the right ways, listening to its answers, and putting the pieces together for themselves. Anyone can do it.
Image credit: University of Baltimore.
Only, for various and sundry reasons, not everyone gets to do it. Some people don’t have the economic ability, some don’t have the sustained drive or interest, and some simply can’t cut the mustard. But some people — some really, really good people — are driven from their passions for a sad, simple and completely unnecessary fact: that they were treated in unacceptable ways that they refused to just accept. And in a great many cases, that unacceptable treatment came simply because of their gender.
Image credit: retrieved from Lily White of http://renegadechicks.com/.
Sexism sometimes looks like what you expect, and sometimes not. Here’s what we can all do about it to create the world we really want: where science really is for everyone.
Source: http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2015/05/14/throwback-thursday-stop-sexism-in-science-synopsis/
