Sexy Female Scientist Video Draws Fire

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Sexy Female Scientist Video Draws Fire

Posted by timothy on Saturday June 23, 2012 @07:21AM from the marie-curie-or-mary-lou-jepson-or-danica-mckellar dept.

sciencehabit writes "A new video released by the The European Commission — ostensibly aimed at getting girls interested in science — is drawing widespred condemnation from around the web for its depiction of female scientists as sexy models strutting into the frame in high heels and short skirts. A male scientist watching them from behind his microscope doesn't seem to mind that none of them are wearing safe lab attire—he just pops his glasses on for a better look. The rest of the video is a mish-mash of heels, nail polish, lipstick, and sexily smoldering Erlenmeyer flasks, arbitrarily punctuated by girly giggles." The Commission denies that the video (since pulled) was a parody, but they've certainly set the bar high for anyone who wanted to make an actual parody.

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Whats the problem by rossdee · 2012-06-23 07:23 · Score: 5, Funny

Whats wrong with sexy female scientists - they have them in movies.
1. Re:Whats the problem by Samantha+Wright · 2012-06-23 09:57 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Completely agree. The video clearly depicts a beaker smouldering much moreso than any Erlenmeyer flask. How do you mess that up?!
  
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2. Re:Whats the problem by AlienIntelligence · 2012-06-23 16:02 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Pairing "gorgeous" with "brilliant" is sort of like saying, "He's a great programmer. And has a horse cock!"
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Finally! by oakgrove · 2012-06-23 07:24 · Score: 5, Funny

A story where everybody reads the article!

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Re:an MTV video by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-23 07:34 · Score: 3, Funny

I totally agree... they were obviously aiming for a dual-sponsored message.

Science: it's a girl thing
maybe she's born with it, maybe it's Maybelline
I don't know about American labs... by Monkey-Man2000 · 2012-06-23 07:50 · Score: 5, Funny

I don't know about American labs, but this is how we roll in Europe. Especially, Biology labs...

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You know you want to by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-23 07:58 · Score: 5, Funny

Next stop - stirring more male interest in the nursing profession by making an ad with fast cars in a hospital.
This is nothing! by rbh42 · 2012-06-23 08:03 · Score: 5, Funny

Please take a look at how things work in Denmark: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ8_81Qy9kg&feature=BFa&list=UU3B_-v8-6-_6Px0FwBcLTrw Not at all related to the subject but also funny - and from just across the lawn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOzwpMs-5bM&feature=BFa&list=UU3B_-v8-6-_6Px0FwBcLTrw
Horrible by JeremyGNJ · 2012-06-23 08:18 · Score: 4, Funny

What a horrible bunch of stereotypes and role models for young girls. Everyone know that to be smart you have to bug ugly or fat.
Re:Original YouTube posting now made private? by Anonymous Coward · 2012-06-23 08:30 · Score: 2, Funny

Do they really not realise that if you release something high-profile on the web, it's out for good?
"The European Commission". You're probably american if you're seriously asking this? They are bureaucrats, the web is something someone prints out for them to read.