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Re:Women Crowdfunded Radium For Marie Curie by globular-toast on Monday August 24, 2020 @05:52AM (#24259046)
When men do things, "we" did it, or "scientists" did it etc. When women do things "women" did it, or "female scientists" did it etc.
Re:Women Crowdfunded Radium For Marie Curie by StavrosK on Monday August 24, 2020 @06:05AM (#24259119)
While I agree with you in general that there's this unnecessary division, in this instance it looks like it was organized by a women's magazine and its readers, so I think it would be fair to say that, same as if Playboy organized a thing it would be "men raised money for X".
Re:Women Crowdfunded Radium For Marie Curie by blanche_ on Monday August 24, 2020 @08:34AM (#24259981)
Yes, because men is treated as default so people assume there is no need to specify.