sexism
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Male Physicist Claims Women Are Worse At Physics At CERN Gender Bias Talk
This weekend, a prominent Italian physicist, Alessandro Strumia, lectured fledgling female scientists at CERN about the dangers of gender equality and “cultural Marxism” within science, argued that women can’t be as good at physics as men, and complained that the actual victims of gender discrimination are male scientists, including himself, who are passed over for…
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Jodie Whittaker Makes The Same Amount Of Money As Peter Capaldi Did For Doctor Who
All forms of gender-based workplace discrimination are absolute garbage. But there’s a particular kind of noxiousness to the wage gap between male and female actors, because unlike with many other professions, actors’ pay is often public knowledge. Thankfully, we can report the BBC’s Doctor Who is paying Jodie Whittaker the same as her predecessor, Peter…
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Blade Runner 2049 Director Opens Up About The Film’s Treatment Of Women
Image: Warner Bros. Women in Blade Runner 2049 are constantly objectified by the world around them, turned into automated helpers, puppets, and sex toys. The post-dystopia built by director Denis Villeneuve is cruel and dehumanising to everyone, but especially to women.
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Fired Google Engineer James Damore Takes His Case To Reddit
James Damore, the Google engineer who was fired after posting a 10-page memo calling the company an “Ideological Echo Chamber” and arguing women are underrepresented in tech because of inherent differences, has taken his side of the story to one of the friendliest venues imaginable: Reddit.