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Scientists land probe on a moving comet, they want us focused on sexist shirts.@instapundit— Brad Slager: aka Wuhan Solo (@MartiniShark) November 14, 2014
As Twitchy reported, a European Space Agency scientist named Matt Taylor was “slutshirt shamed” for the women depicted on a shirt he wore while celebrating the successful landing of a spacecraft on the surface of a comet.
Taylor later apologized after the uproar:
https://twitter.com/ObservingSpace/status/533247765875142657
Many came to the ESA scientist’s defense before and after his apology, but one of them was not @SpaceGuy87, whose Twitter bio describes him as “NASA flight controller for the International Space Station.”
@ObservingSpace good on him for manning up to his mistake!
— Ben Honey (@spaceguy87) November 14, 2014
https://twitter.com/klick/status/533253578551746560
@klick @ObservingSpace I probably shouldn't have used the term man up, actually. Anyway, you don't think apology was needed?
— Ben Honey (@spaceguy87) November 14, 2014
https://twitter.com/klick/status/533254218497658880
https://twitter.com/klick/status/533254439805939712
@klick @ObservingSpace I think you are missing the point. Did you read any of the balances critiques of why it was a bad decision for him?
— Ben Honey (@spaceguy87) November 14, 2014
@klick it is not a shaming. When you are representing science in front of the world during biggest space event of year, how you look matters
— Ben Honey (@spaceguy87) November 14, 2014
@klick the fact that he deserves congratulations for technical achievement does not get him out of making a bad choice.
— Ben Honey (@spaceguy87) November 14, 2014
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https://twitter.com/ge0ffreyr/status/533265962783756288
@ge0ffreyr it is naive to think that appearances do not give impressions. What if POTUS showed up to peace talk in tshirt and shorts?
— Ben Honey (@spaceguy87) November 14, 2014
@ge0ffreyr it would give impression he doesn't care. Just like MT's shirt gave impression he thinks of women as something to look at only.
— Ben Honey (@spaceguy87) November 14, 2014
https://twitter.com/ge0ffreyr/status/533268563189305344
@klick no one ever said "I am offended, apologize please." They said that he had marginalized women and made them feel not welcome.
— Ben Honey (@spaceguy87) November 14, 2014
@ge0ffreyr I already stated that it was a poor choice of words. Not sure what your point is.
— Ben Honey (@spaceguy87) November 14, 2014
https://twitter.com/klick/status/533269165759799296
https://twitter.com/ge0ffreyr/status/533269318138859521
https://twitter.com/klick/status/533270040628703232
@klick @ge0ffreyr I invite you to put your emotion aside and consider…
— Ben Honey (@spaceguy87) November 14, 2014
@klick @ge0ffreyr …that the point is simply how an unconscious action may make a group of people feel.
— Ben Honey (@spaceguy87) November 14, 2014
@klick @ge0ffreyr … And that it is worthwhile to care about those impressions if you want a community to be inclusive.
— Ben Honey (@spaceguy87) November 14, 2014
https://twitter.com/ge0ffreyr/status/533270643639615489
https://twitter.com/ge0ffreyr/status/533270819225763840
https://twitter.com/klick/status/533270896413523968
@SpaceGuy87 also discussed it with another Twitter user:
It is unfortunate that @mggtTaylor admitted his mistake but that many people out there missed the lesson to be learned. #shirtgate
— Ben Honey (@spaceguy87) November 14, 2014
https://twitter.com/FetterKoch96/status/533259855801634816
@FetterKoch96 that as project scientist he should not have wore an ugly and sexist bowling shirt on live TV when presenting mission results.
— Ben Honey (@spaceguy87) November 14, 2014
https://twitter.com/FetterKoch96/status/533262459680083971
@FetterKoch96 nothing immediately or obviously sexist about Darth Vader and you also aren't on worldwide television representing science.
— Ben Honey (@spaceguy87) November 14, 2014
And that was that.
Well, enough Twitter for this morning! Off to work. Crossing my fingers for @Philae2014
— Ben Honey (@spaceguy87) November 14, 2014
(hat tip @Instapundit)
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