Hello everyone. Hope you had a strident day being strident.
The Chief Scientist hates it when women in science talk about inequality because it detracts from "progress."
49% of undergrad STEMM students are women. Only 21% of senior professors of STEMM are women. #StridentWomenpic.twitter.com/orCs1j4cQE
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Apologies I wasn't able to do a full transcript of this last night, I was too busy being strident, but let's break down the Chief Scientist's comments, right after
#StridentWomen shared harrowing stories of discrimination in science organisations (TW SH: http://radio.abc.net.au/programitem/pgE6JgBMDV?play=true …)pic.twitter.com/quLsPPbReq1 reply 8 retweets 34 likesShow this thread -
<Women talk about inequity> Chief Scientist: "I would urge that everybody acknowledges the progress. I personally find it frustrating if I hear something strident complaining about the situation today without acknowledging that there has been progress..."
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Replying to @OtherSociology
Honestly I thought I couldn't be surprised anymore, but here I am. Appalling comments. Thank-you for being a
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Replying to @megcevans
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#StridentWomen to another, thank you for remaining strident! Our leaders fail the science community on equity & diversity often, but this is spectacularly bad form. We deserve much better.1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes -
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#WomeninScience: hi we'd like to be safe at work & not face unfair career barriers Science: here's some $ to inspire girls to do science1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes -
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I took the unconcious bias test sent around- 78% of people slightly to strongly associate science with men, but hey, it's not 100%, so
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Spoken like true #StridentWomen. The Chief Scientist accepts your jubilant view of glum numbers as progress. 
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