‘Picture a Scientist’ review: More power to women in STEM
The Hindu
The documentary on Netflix handles the volatile subject of sexual harassment faced by women in science, by following the paths of three scientists
Newton is supposed to have said that he could see far, because he stood on the shoulders of giants. We do not appreciate that many of the support systems we enjoy today have been created for us by the efforts of preceding generations. This is especially true in the context of gender equity that we talk so much about today. . Picture a Scientist, directed by Ian Cheney and Sharon Shattuck, handles the volatile subject of sexual harassment faced by women in science, by following the paths of three scientists. Nancy Hopkins’s initiative gets MIT to file a report on the subject that has what no scientist can brush aside: data-based evidence of gender bias and harassment of women and marginalised communities, and the effect of this – . As Nancy says later in the film, “This is not a problem for the women but for science, because if you say women are as good as men in doing research, you must be losing half the good scientists in this process.”More Related News