by CARIN BONDAR
** Note: as of 2pm PST The European Commission took their video down (WIN for Ladies in Science!). The video below is a copied file.
This morning the interwebz have been all a flutter with the release of a ‘teaser’ video from the European Commission of Research and Innovation. The video is called ‘Science – It’s a Girl Thing’ and it depicts some model-esque females being checked out by a male scientist while strutting their catwalk walks and wearing rather risque clothing. There’s plenty of pink, there’s plenty of makeup, there’s plenty of sexual innuendo, and then at the end they all put on some safety goggles – because I guess this makes them scientists. No word on whether the divas depicted in the video are actually scientists – but my guess is a strong no. Have a boo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g032MPrSjFA&feature=player_embedded
Last year many female scientists got together and created a video about why evolution should be taught in schools. It was in response to the dismal answers about evolution given by almost the entire roster of contestants in the Miss USA pageant in 2011. If you want to see a video with REAL female scientists who are awesome, eloquent and kickass (myself included) – this is the video you should be watching.
Let’s Talk About Evolution
Scientific American for more