The EU’s "Science: It’s A Girl Thing" Video Prompts Backlash

The EU produced this video encouraging more women to pursue careers in science. Unfortunately, it ended up reinforcing, rather than subverting, a lot of stereotypes. The video was taken down, but not before someone mirrored it.

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Via: washingtonpost.com

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    • deaddrift 10 months ago

      They got the Hydrogen, so I’m puzzled that they over looked the Oxygen and the Titanium. Don’t these female scientists want to be hotties?

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    • Fiona G. 10 months ago

      This is a much more effective, humorous way of attracting people to science.

    • therblig 10 months ago

      good heavens, miss sakamoto - you’re beautiful!

    • gubbabump 10 months ago

      oh I see the problem: if women are considered both attractive and intelligent while being treated as equals then they’ll have to actually live up to the unreal images they’ve created of themselves as perfect beings instead of just demanding that men take their word for it! no fair!

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