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Reason Excoriates Paper On "Glaciers, Gender, and Science" (reason.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Reason.com's Robby Soave criticizes an article published in the journal Progress in Human Geography, for being "utterly incomprehensible," and "the least essential paper ever written." Entitled Glaciers, Gender, and Science--A feminist glaciology framework for global environmental climate change, the article is authored by researchers at the University of Oregon and funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Despite being filled with "buzzwords -- colonialism, marginalization, masculinist discourses, etc. -- with such frequency that the entire thing comes off like a joke," the article is accompanied by an enthusiastic press release from the University of Oregon, stating that "glacier research has been intertwined with gender relations, masculine cultures of exploration, geopolitics, and individual and institutional power. That, in turn, led to glacier-related academic and governmental jobs being predominantly filled by men. ... Melting glaciers are today considered a national security risk for numerous countries,' [one of the researchers] said. 'Power and colonialism have shaped the science.' That message is detailed extensively in the paper."
as ridiculous as this all is, do we really care about articles from reason dot com? What's the point spectating on this nonsense? It's not news, and it doesn't matter.
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There will always be idiots, badly reported incidents and outright lies to make you angry. It's all part of the push-back against feminism.
I'd take you more seriously, if you weren't part of your problem. I googled your nym and feminism. In return, I got a number of "anti-feminist" rants similar to the above.
Most people simply don't care about toxic masculinity, men-only schools, lazy adult game programmers, etc. But we do care to some extent when we're lumped under a derogatory label, here, "anti-feminists" just because we don't care enough about your pet issues.
I too think there is push back against feminism. But I don't think the push back is unwarranted.