Thread by @EricRWeinstein

I'm still shocked by Rachel @maddow's "What is up with the dude wall?" comment. But I want to steelman the argument first before attacking what she said. With your permission...

There is a real problem with the lack of appreciation for women who have done amazing work in STEM.

Let's talk about an example of a woman who changed the world with her gifts. Where are the statues to Emmy Noether? If men wouldn't build statues to her, then we have a problem. Well, where are the statues? Everyone in physics knows why she deserves one: anthonybonato.com/2016/11/30/emm…

Likewise, where's the statue to Mdme. Chien Shiung Wu? This woman had the guts to carry out the beta-decay experiment in D.C. that showed our entire universe appears to have left-right asymmetry.

China has a bust of her: seu.edu.cn/english/2016/0…

I can't find one in the US yet.

Perhaps there are such statues. I can't easily find them and there is no one I know who'd disagree that such women should be honored for all they do at the highest level of human accomplishment.

So there really is a problem, before getting to what's wrong with @maddow's comment.

Let's discuss what we could do to honor such women of irrefutable achievement before getting into what's wrong w/ taking down paintings that honor others because too many are 'dudes' with the wrong 'all-too-white' skin tone according to our media. It shouldn't be a women's issue.