• Question: have any of you ever received criticism for being a female scientist?

    Asked by anon-223308 to Sreejita, Kate, Anastasia on 20 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Sreejita Ghosh

      Sreejita Ghosh answered on 20 Nov 2019:

      Back in school some teachers were more supportive of the boys than they were of the girls.
      However in my PhD, in the Netherlands, I did not face any negative criticism yet because of being a female scientist.

    • Photo: Anastasia Aliferi

      Anastasia Aliferi answered on 20 Nov 2019:

      Not really but sometimes I feel like it’s hard to be taken seriously when I first meet new scientists. The fact that I’m quite tiny and speak fast in an excited tone might also have something to do with that though.

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