The Nobel Prizes have been announced over the last week or so.
But people have started to notice something about all the winners.
So no women whatsoever in the #NobelPrize laureates of 2016? @NobelPrize
All 11 of them.
#NobelPrize this year decided to not recognize women's contributions. Are we not in 2016? #allmalepanel #gender
No women were awarded a Nobel Prize in any category this year. Not a single one. I think that says a lot about our society. #NobelPrize
2016: NO contributions from #women were recognized with a @NobelPrize in any category #sexism
And in fact a few people noted that this wasn't exactly an isolated incident.
48 women in total have been awarded the Nobel Prize between 1901 and 2015.
Today the #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine will be announced. It has been awarded to 210 individuals, 12 of which were women.
Fewer than 1% of all awardees, none in the last 53 years. Since 1965 the % of PhD in physics awarded to women has g… https://t.co/c11rGKqeoc
If only there was a lyric from a recent Nobel Prize for Literature winner that could be repurposed for this in some way.
No woman wins any Nobel prize this year. Oh the times they ain't a changin'#BobDylan #NobelPrize @Read_Women @WomenintheWorld @TwitterWomen