Thanks everyone for a lively discussion on several portrayal of the female scientists in the media!
To recap, we introduced different portrayals of female scientists in these videos:
MV Parody: the most beautiful girl in the lab
Women in Science: Perspectives from Africa
European Science committee Ad to encourage young girls into science
And highlighted a few key findings from a study on how women are represented in films and television by UK's SET (Science Engineering and Technology) group.
The consensus was that scientific endeavors should be portrayed as a fundamental nature of humanity rather than being a gender-specific conquest. Yet, because the general public seldom interacts with the scientific community, more efforts should be invested in showcasing the diversity of a scientists' background.
Stay tuned for the next meeting in October!
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