Angel Alert
Volgens Nobelprijswinnaar Tim Hunt “zorgen vrouwen voor problemen in het lab om 3 redenen: óf je wordt verliefd op hen, óf zij worden verliefd op jou, óf ze gaan huilen als je ze kritiek geeft” Http://www.athenasangels.nl/angel-alerts
Dit heeft geleid tot een stortvloed aan reacties, waaronder:
- Foto’s van vrouwelijke wetenschappers die Hunt’s suggestie van “single-sex labs” illustreren met gebruik van de #distractinglysexy hashtag
- Een oproep van de Guardian Higher Education Network om seksistische ervaringen in de wetenschap te delen
De Angels hebben hierop gereageerd:
- “Four senior female academics, united under the name Athena’s Angels, have just launched a website in the Netherlands to take an activist approach to problems faced by women in academia…
- Reactions were overwhelmingly positive. In fact, just when one (and only one) person wondered whether all these stories were real, the incident with Tim Hunt provoked its own news storm. However, it remains important to emphasize that remarks like Hunt’s are symptomatic of a more serious underlying problem. It is therefore better to focus on identifying the societal and institutional factors that stand in the way of true gender equality in Academia, than unleashing collective anger against one individual. On the other hand, the witty reactions of many female and male scientists to this incident betray an encouraging atmosphere suggesting readiness for change that deserves to be fostered and promoted.”
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