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Alberto,
On 2015-10-13 08:10, Alberto Diaspro wrote:
> Dear
His name is Jeremy.
> I decided to reply since you are mentioning me.
> I think that your email is “self commenting”. I really do not
> understand your points.
> Are you full of anger? are you frustrated for something? They missed
> you in the Nobel prize nominations? I do not understand.
I have to admit that I was utterly shocked to see this statement.
It is bad and sad enough that respected leaders in science do not see
any problem with announcing ~100% male speaker line-ups. And it is not
the first time, but seems to repeat itself over and over and over again.
It is also quite distressing for me to see that you did not even feel
the need to reply to the concerns brought to you in a timely manner.
But then to go on and *belittle* somebody who mustered enough courage to
voice his opinion? This is appalling.
If anything, it is proof to me that there is a serious lack of empathy
in science. I perceived this response as just a bullyish method to
discourage dissent.
But maybe this is just a cunning strategy to demonstrate the dear need
to balance out the gender inequality in science's higher ranks?
> From my side, I apologise for stopping to reply on this topic. If
> there is something wrong I did, please write me and we can discuss
> about it. I am sorry to say that my impression is that you look like
> the “only real victim” of yourself.
No, the real victim is science. Good, decent, polite scientists are
driven out of science by the problem that elicited this email thread.
I hope that a few will remain.
Ciao,
Johannes