Scientist Suspended, Put Under Investigation For Arguing Physics Isn’t Sexist

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A physics professor who blamed "cultural Marxism" for punishing scientists if they challenge the idea that "microaggressions," "gaslighting," and "mansplaining" are preventing women from succeeding in STEM has been suspended and is under an ethics investigation.
Alessandro Strumia of the University of Pisa said many people warned him before he gave his presentation at the first workshop on "High Energy Theory and Gender" at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) last week. Strumia's talk pushed back against the widespread movement in academia that STEM fields are discriminatory toward women.
"Physics is not sexist against women," his presentation concluded. "However truth does not matter, because it's part of a political battle coming from outside."
"Not clear who will win," he said.
Strumia has since been suspended by CERN for violating its commitment to "promoting diversity." The organization also scrubbed his presentation from the workshop website. Pisa put him under an "ethical investigation."

Numerous news outlets have reported Strumia's talk as "highly offensive" for saying physics was "invented and built by men." The quote, however, comes from a slide in which Strumia discussed actual examples of discrimination against women in physics.
"Physics invented and built by men, it's not by invitation," Strumia said, under the slide entitled, "Discrimination against women." He added that Marie Curie and others were only welcomed "after showing what they can do."
Strumia, whose research interests include "high energy physics, higgs, neutrino oscillations, Dark Matter searches at colliders and in astrophysics, cosmology, [and] quantum gravity," is concerned that men now face discrimination in the field.
Strumia cited numerous examples of programs favoring women over men in hiring practices, "irrespective of merit." For example, Oxford University extending exam times for women's benefit; Italy giving free or cheaper university for STEM female students; "Scholarships for women only"; and "Melbourne University opening STEM positions for "women only."
Strumia presented two schools of thought on gender and STEM. The M or "mainstream theory" and the C or "conservative theory." The M theory is the pervasive theory in academia that women are kept out of STEM fields because of "microaggressions" and "male privilege." The C theory posits that physics is open to everyone, but pushes the limits of the human brain, relying not only on the interest of an aspiring physicist, but in ability. He estimates only one person for every 1,000 have that ability.

"Both theories have unpleasant implications," Strumia said. "Usually we don't care why physicists are not distributed uniformly. But now we have gender conferences."
Strumia cited presentations given at previous workshops to "address gender inequality" in physics, which argued, "scientific quality is a gendered social construction" and "men mobilize their masculinity" to keep women down.

More at: https://freebeacon.com/culture/scien...s-isnt-sexist/

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