Thread by @nuclearkatie

Something is not misogyny just because it involves a man's actions towards a woman. When you tweet that female academics must ~dress modesty for their own good~ and get called out by older male academics, that's not misogyny, and they shouldn't have to "defend you on principle"

https://twitter.com/_cdadams_/status/1407337145862443019

Just cuz you're a woman doesn't mean any criticism of your beliefs or actions is misogyny. Nor can your feelings about being criticized for an opinion on how women should dress be reasonably generalized to "this is why women can't thrive in science"

Did people get a little jumpy and dig deep to make sure there wasn't anything weird going on? Yeah, and I bet it's because science twitter has recently dealt with a spat of fake or misleading accounts that make many of us less trusting of everyone On Here

Did some go overboard and perhaps jump to accusations about her science? Probably, yeah. Does that mean it was misogyny? Um, no

This is what started it all (you've gotta respect the ratio)

https://twitter.com/_cdadams_/status/1407021428852023301?s=19

I can't imagine believing that every older established male nuclear engineer should defend whatever beliefs I have "on principle", or otherwise it's misogyny.

What a wild and ridiculous concept!