"In aggregate, this sentiment I’ve repeatedly noticed betrays a fearful sense of invasion. Through this panicked lens, science preserves logic, whereas sexism invokes emotion, and never the twain shall meet. Therefore by extension, science communication ought to be comfortably sheltered from conversations about human accountability, inclusion and representation...
research suggests many fellas who consume lay science media not only chafe against feminism, but also don’t believe sexism exists, particularly within STEM. In 2015, a team of psychologists analyzed 831 comments posted on a trio of articles reporting on studies confirming various STEM-related gender biases. Men posted 68 percent of the comments denying sexism exists, between 79 and 88 percent of comments justifying gender biases and 95 percent of sexist remarks directed at women...
Stanford historian Londa Schiebingerwho’s extensively studied the relationship between gender inclusion and scientific innovation would likely agree. “Once you start looking, you find that taking gender into account can improve almost anything with a human endpoint — stem cell research, assistive technologies for the elderly, automobile design, transportation systems, osteoporosis research in men, and natural language processing" Schiebinger told the University."
https://medium.com/@CristenConger/a-feminist-sweatshirt-walks-into-a-youtube-science-video-29a4c575381c#.fzg77sl3w
There are so many reasons why a proper scientific establishment would be deeply concerned with society - and I suspect that it's the lay scientists who don't have the opportunity to see this, and who have this weird image of what the science world is, who have the most rage about feminist scientists.
Related: Neil Degrasse Tyson being amazing on that video
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