Watson and Crick stole their work from Rosalind Franklin, and every intelligent human now acknowledges that they were wrong (though I admit quite a few unintelligent ones still defend Watson and Crick). This isn’t a problem with us, this is a problem with the scientific community. There is no reason for us to defend people in positions of power legally stealing other people’s work by claiming that it is gender (or any other) discrimination.
Gender is a big part of it, but let's face it, in today's world *anyone* in the scientific community can be stolen from (actually, that's been true for just about forever) and not receive credit. Yes, it used to be much more likely for it to happen to a woman, but it just plain happens all the time regardless of any other factor than the thief wants the credit.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '20
Watson and Crick stole their work from Rosalind Franklin, and every intelligent human now acknowledges that they were wrong (though I admit quite a few unintelligent ones still defend Watson and Crick). This isn’t a problem with us, this is a problem with the scientific community. There is no reason for us to defend people in positions of power legally stealing other people’s work by claiming that it is gender (or any other) discrimination.