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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

To be clear, you are criticising Sabine for saying there should be no research grants for women? If so, you perhaps misinterpret her meaning?

If I know Sabine at all from her videos, she would have meant that in an equal world, grants aimed specifically at either sex should not be necessary.

That's quite different from a "raise the drawbridge" stance - but I'm a casual viewer, so please be kind while putting me right, if warranted.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

in an equal world, grants aimed specifically at either sex should not be necessary

Not quite, I'm afraid. Her point was essentially "I had very good grades, so I would have been hired anyway, but instead of hiring me normally, they hired me through this grant for women, which is a form of discrimination". She's not explicitly saying "kick the ladder when I'm up top", but it's essentially the conclusion. She mentions it on the "what's wrong with academia" thingy video.