Discovery Channel Netherlands: Not for women!

[asterroc]

Found via hrafn, the URL says it all.

http://contexts.org/socimages/2009/12/08/the-discovery-channel-not-for-womens-eyes/

Like I said in another recent post, there's reasons I don't usually reveal my gender in a science context, and now the Discovery Channel has joined those reasons.

(Edited to the correct name of the channel: Discovery Channel. Not to be confused with Discover Magazine.)

Comments

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

What this tells me is that Kari on Mythbusters really is just there to attract the drooling manboy crowd, and not to give female viewers someone to relate to.

I guess that's probably been obvious to everyone for a long time, hasn't it?

Also, I've been increasingly offended by Mike Rowe's sophomoric sexism, and I don't think it's because I've just gotten touchier about it.

[zandperl.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan of Mythbusters because they don't actually perform rigorous science despite their claims to do so. They definitely have the spirit of testing things out, which is great for people to understand, but they could do so much more with the show, such as teaching the reasons why things turn out how they do, and explaining what an actual scientific way of going about it would be.

[hrafn.livejournal.com]

I watch it for the outrageousness :) It would be nice if they could be more serious about the science, because I think they could do it without detracting from the show, but they do seem to have improved somewhat over the years.