Hot take: #bropenscience *is* sexist...and alienates the very people that we want on our side. Science is, objectively, dominated by men, but I'm not sure this is the right approach. It feels a little bit like if we got called "lady scientists". Dismissed by gender.
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Replying to @Jade_Pickering
As I see it (
@o_guest can correct me) it is not about *being* male (so "lady scientists" is not analogous); it is about a particular way that masculine acculturation and behaviour intersects with the open science movement. It is a critique of a brand of masculinity, not males.5 replies 2 retweets 43 likes -
Replying to @richarddmorey @Jade_Pickering
Not just men, of course. It's a sad aspect of the pun itself that it's being taken so literally, but then again it's just a pun to start a discussion.
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The issue is that sexism in open science (as well as other issues such as racism) are the result of a system/society that is biased towards androcentricity. As in this is the core nature of sexism: a bias towards preferentially treating men to the detriment of other genders.
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Sexism is not the result of individuals alone, it's about actions within a biased system. This is why dissuading people from engaging in bad actions and dismantling bad systems is the way to fix this in open science. Calling out people by name — in most cases — is less useful.
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#bropenscience is sexist against men IMHO fundamentally misuses the term "sexism". Sexism is a bias towards favouring men, towards androcentricity.2 replies 1 retweet 10 likes -
A good definition is on Wikipedia of all places because it has a bunch of quotes defining it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexism#Etymology_and_definitions …
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Olivia Guest | Ολίβια Γκεστ Retweeted Abeba Birhane
Sorry should have clarified above that racism in science and open science is the result of centering whiteness. And of course these intersect, like what happened with @Abebab the other day:https://twitter.com/Abebab/status/1151594886715650048 …
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