@leilasedai I have struggled with myself on this subject with Feynmann in particular. One thing I think we have to also consider is how society was different back then vs. now. It doesn't make it right at all, but people didn't care about sexual harassment then like now. 1/2
Richard Feynman was my childhood hero. I was inspired by his autobiography but glossed over his views on women. Only after my personal adult experiences in academia, it hit me how terrible he must have been to women. We can admire a guy for one quality and condemn for another.https://twitter.com/leilasedai/status/1082656192244133890 …
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I hear you on this point, I really do. But Feynman wasn't doing this that long ago and there was recognition by women especially that this was wrong. I address this issue of historical hindsight in this grafpic.twitter.com/LCEY2rfI0F
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@leilasedai I think this is, perhaps, one of the biggest impacts of#MeToo
and #meTooSTEM is that people didn't realize until now the magnitude of the problem nor the impact it has had on survivors and society. It has brought to light that his behavior was both common AND wrong. -
I was personally guilty of it myself. I was a teenager (~13) when I first read his autobiography, and was naive. But I didn't think twice about women he was talking about. We as a society undervalue women and we all have embedded that into our internal biases.
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@leilasedai And apologies... My phone appears to autocorrect the spelling of his name wrong. Sigh...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Agee 100%, the weirdness feels even stronger at Caltech where Feynman is still considered a local hero, ther are prizes in his name, and celebrations of his 100th birthday. He was a brilliant physicist, but let’s face the truth, he was also very sexist
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Agree 100%
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This piece summarize it perfectly "the intensity with which Feynman’s fan base seeks his exoneration at the bar of history is about something more commonplace, and ugly: the instinctive behavior of men protecting themselves, each other, and their reputations."
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Good for you! We all have problems and social norms change. Accept and recognize the good and reject the bad. Personally, if someone is generally good, especially considering the time in which they lived, I think they should be worthy of admiration.
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I disagree. Feynman was good to men but not to women, doesn't matter what times he lived in. Because of him so many women in physics didn't want to pursue further. Still I admire his research and passion for science. It is possible to admire quality but not person as a whole
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