The Sexing Up Of Science (I'm Coming Out! And So Can You!)
Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 19:30
in Psychology & Sociology
A few weeks ago, The Science Cheerleaders grabbed headlines with their appearance at the USA Science and Engineering Festival, where they cheered for citizen science and science literacy, as well as served to provide a new kind of role model for young girls, showing them they can be both cheerleaders AND scientists. Following this public appearance, were two very strong reactions. One was overwhelmingly positive. The other was overwhelmingly negative and critical—and a lot of it came from scientists and science bloggers. This is troubling to me. read more