We will post one Reply Guy a day, and we welcome your thoughts and feedback. Starting with a very nice fella, full of helpful advice, with one big problem: Reply Guy #1. THE LIFE COACHpic.twitter.com/FZHMowViR5
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#WomeninSTEM get a lot of “Reply Guys” who repeat the same unhelpful comments.
@shrewshrew and I (a woman & a man in science) have attempted to catalog those replies, to save us all the trouble of writing new responses every time.
presenting THE NINE TYPES OF REPLY GUYS
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People who get annoying replies can tag the dude with the appropriate Reply Guy from this thread, and save themselves a pointless debate. That’s the idea anyway. And some guys seem to take it to heart when you point out that they’re being a cliché.
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At my PhD defense last month, a senior postdoc in the back asked a question without realizing he had missed the entire point, requiring me to recap my entire defense in one minute. What do we call men who are not listening, cuz I hope you’re covering that too.
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Ah yes—I’ll bet he thought of the question on your intro slide, at which point he completely stopped listening to the talk and just waited for you to finish so he could ask his brilliantly insightful QUERYYYY. I don’t know how to categorize that.
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What category would you ascribe to men who promote feminist ideals but only for the women who work in their labs
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I don’t know! Could be #4 or just a garden variety hypocrite
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This thread is amazing. I'm not even in STEM but these Reply Guys seem to be in every conversation about sexism. I made my own comic about it once but your version is much more thorough
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That is incredible!! I think you're just much much more efficient than us. It's all there
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An unbroken version of the
#9replyguys thread, with alt text on the images, can be found here:https://twitter.com/sbarolo/status/1501219278275723268 …
Re-posting this 2018 thread for#IWD
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Women who talk about sexual misconduct get a lot of antagonistic and unhelpful replies. @shrewshrew and I (a woman & a man in science) tried to categorize them. Presenting THE 9 TYPES OF REPLY GUYS
Reply Guy #1: THE LIFE COACH pic.twitter.com/07C04VjAzBShow this threadShow this threadThanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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