"So What Are You, Like The Receptionist?": Guy Got Shut Down By Female NASA Scientist After Making A Sick "Joke" About Her Occupation
In the current society, it's thought that gender equality is not an issue anymore, but it is. Many still keep the thought that women cannot do science. According to their belief, any job that requires intellect cannot be done by a woman. That's just sick. We have been through one-fifth of the 21st century, and talented women holding important positions in a company or organization is now commonplace.
Still, some people just don't get it. When they hear a woman says that she works at, for example, NASA, they can't help but think that the woman is joking. Even worst, their minds cannot think about the possibility that she may be a true scientist, then proceed to ask: "So what are you, like the receptionist?" This is a true story that happened to Irish scientist Dr. Lauren McKeown. She met a guy on Hinge but was pissed by the interaction with him and decided to call him out.
Still, some people just don't get it. When they hear a woman says that she works at, for example, NASA, they can't help but think that the woman is joking. Even worst, their minds cannot think about the possibility that she may be a true scientist, then proceed to ask: "So what are you, like the receptionist?" This is a true story that happened to Irish scientist Dr. Lauren McKeown. She met a guy on Hinge but was pissed by the interaction with him and decided to call him out.
#1 Irish planetary scientist Lauren shared her interaction with a sexist guy named Mikey on the Hinge dating app
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#2 The guy made a sexist remark and then tried to pass it off as a joke. Here’s how his and Lauren’s chat went down
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#5 Lauren was so disappointed by her interaction with Mikey that she shamed him on Twitter
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#6 People were impressed with how the scientist clapped back at the rude dude
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#7 Some women even shared their own experiences with having worked at NASA and how people reacted to this
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#9 There are still guys out there who make generalizations based on their looks alone
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#11 How infuriating it is to do that
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#12 The guy shattered any chances of ever dating Lauren with his receptionist comment
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#13 Even the Hinge dating app got involved in the conversation and called out the man as well
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#14 Hope she can find someone soon
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