gender
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CERN Drops Italian Scientist Who Complained About Women In Physics
Last September, Italian physicist Alessandro Strumia gave a bizarre lecture at CERN in which he argued—to an audience of young women scientists—that women are less qualified to conduct physics than men. This week, CERN officially severed its association with Strumia.
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It Sucks To Be A Woman In Legion
Melanie Bird (Jean Smart) realises she may have made an oopsie.Image: FX It’s unclear if the latest episode of Legion is positioning itself as social commentary, a “come to Jesus” moment, or just another hour of prep for that final battle we’ve been waiting for all season. But after almost two seasons of this show,…
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The Surprising New Way Facebook Is Helping Fight Revenge Porn In Australia
As part of its new nationwide reporting portal to combat revenge porn, Australia is partnering with Facebook to let users preemptively block uploads of “intimate” pictures and videos on the platform – by sending the images in question to Facebook. Australia is the first country to pilot the new program. A startling one in five…
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This Viral Photo Of Bill Nye Talking About Gender Is Completely Fake
Have you seen this screenshot from an old episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy? It shows Nye with the caption, “Gender is determined by your chromosomes.” Alt-right social media users have been posting it because Nye recently said that gender is on a spectrum. But the old image is completely fake.