A top librarian at one of the nation’s most prestigious schools, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, claims that Star Trek posters, Star Wars memorabilia, and other “geeky” things on the walls and shelves of a workplace, send a message of toxic masculinity that discourages women from pursuing careers in science.
According to The College Fix, Chris Bourg (not “Borg,” weirdly), the MIT libraries director and self-described “‘butch and queer’ cis woman and ‘feral librarian,'” says that studies have shown women don’t respond well to evidence of fandoms, even though many women who go into STEM careers had their interest sparked by science fiction.
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