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loveandlaughs · 24/06/2019 12:59

What's wrong with this picture?

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BubblesBuddy · 24/06/2019 23:59

Is it an exam question? It says Q2 at the top?

AlunWynsKnee · 24/06/2019 23:55

There's no tie on the short haired figure ergo it's female. Probably.
Might wear a tie tomorrow to confuse everyone.

Babdoc · 24/06/2019 23:34

DD1 works in STEM, has extremely short hair (razored by a barber) and wears very smart made to measure charcoal trouser suits to work. I assumed the character on the ladder was female.

tilder · 24/06/2019 22:23

I work in STEM. Haven't worn a lab coat in 20 years. Nor do I wear pink.

Good to see women in STEM.

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loveandlaughs · 24/06/2019 20:25

I have very short hair, always wear trousers and still think that looks like a man. But if others don't then maybe I'm being over sensitive?

But yes, they are all white, there's lots of pink and purple and no one is actually doing anything.

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MacaroonMama · 24/06/2019 19:55

They are all white Angry

Throckmorton · 24/06/2019 19:07

None are actually doing any lab work. Where are the pipettes and test tubes. And the PPE. Also they are very very tiny...

SmallHaddockAndChips · 24/06/2019 14:54

I used to have short hair and wear make up and now have long hair but don’t wear make up (or heels). Not sure what that makes me, genderfree maybe 🤷🏻‍♀️

deydododatdodontdeydo · 24/06/2019 14:53

Oh wait, got it - the microscope and pencil are disproportionately large.
I am guilty of wearing a white lab coat though from time to time...

SmallHaddockAndChips · 24/06/2019 14:52

Why is there so much pink and purple? I work in a STEM (ish) role and mostly wear black and the equipment and materials I use are all ‘normal’ colours (by which I mean not pinkified). I may occasionally use purple clipboards and pens but also blue, green, etc. That is a very irritating and patronising advert.

The woman with short hair is probably the only part that doesn’t annoy me!

Tadpoletofrog · 24/06/2019 14:47

Agree with the pink. My last set of size 4 steel toe caps came with pink laces... I was less than impressed!

Readytogogogo · 24/06/2019 14:45

The preponderance of pink is a bit sad.

MondayMonday89 · 24/06/2019 14:43

I used to have short hair, so I was a man, but now have long hair so am now a woman.

Still don't wear a lab coat though Grin

MondayMonday89 · 24/06/2019 14:43

They're all white and they're all wearing lab coats.

I am 1/2 Indian and never wear a lab coat.

Spam88 · 24/06/2019 14:42

Honestly don't know why you think it's a man. Looks exactly the same as the other women except with short hair.

bluebluezoo · 24/06/2019 14:36

If you’re afraid of heights STEM isn't for you?

Ladder climbing seems to be an essential.

Oh! Unless it’s a metaphor?

Readytogogogo · 24/06/2019 14:33

I have short hair, am I a man too?

ErrolTheDragon · 24/06/2019 14:30

Oh wait, I know what's wrong, they've got the men's blue microscope.

DpWm · 24/06/2019 14:22

It can't be a man because they're holding a pink folder.

deydododatdodontdeydo · 24/06/2019 14:21

Yep, women don't have short hair.
It is know.
I was at a STEM conference on Friday and two separate very senior women presented, both with short hair, I guess they must have been men.

GoulashSoup · 24/06/2019 14:10

No, they are holding something pink so surely a woman.

FeministCat · 24/06/2019 14:08

Fairly sure it's a man on top of the ladder...

Errrr, why do you think that?

ErrolTheDragon · 24/06/2019 14:04

Too many lab coats, all white, no computers, and only the short-haired woman in trousers not wearing pink or purple? I like pink and purple but that seems like an unrepresentative sample wearing stereotypically 'feminine' colours with one token^ maybe slightly GNC woman, evidently being mistaken as a man because she's not wearing pink or purple and^ has short hair. The whole thing is too pink and purple tbh.

Women, whether in STEM or not, don't need colour coding.Hmm

Teachermaths · 24/06/2019 13:40

Short hair = man Hmm

TigerCubScout · 24/06/2019 13:36

I don't think it's a man.
But the women don't seem to be doing anything - except for the woman doing the admin.

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