Astronomers Build a Feminist Black Hole for a Former Star
Astronomers Build a Feminist Black Hole for a Former Star And plans are afoot to prevent future alleged “harassers” from receiving author credit in scientific journals JANICE FIAMENGO If you want to imagine a “feminist future,” consider the never-ending drama, at once sentimental and punitive, surrounding disgraced scientist Geoff Marcy, once a revered exoplanet researcher, now a scapegoated “sexual harasser” whom the politically correct cannot cease to accuse. The destruction of Marcy’s reputation and career as a result of dubious allegations never tested in court has failed to appease his persecutors, one of whom alleged in a recent Science article that even seeing the man’s name in print may be “triggering” for “survivors.” In this article, “After outcry, disgraced sexual harasser removed from astronomy manuscript,” the astronomy community is portrayed as eager to formulate rules whereby those deemed to have violated standards of conduct “should not be ...