"The Apollo program was designed by men, for men. If we do not acknowledge the gender bias of the early space program, it becomes difficult to move past it." - The New York Times

Evildl17 · 2019-07-18T01:36:07+00:00

Wasn't the first civilian we tried shooting into space a woman?

I think the space program has come way too far for this BS. And I feel like going to the moon was a high risk prospect. And it was more tied into the military in part because of the cold war and also because the physical requirements for space travel at that time meant, and still means they look towards the airforce and navy jet pilots.

On second thought, why would I ever try to apply logic and historical context to this?

Halafax · 2019-07-18T03:53:21+00:00

Sara Jeong's racist and sexist New York Times is being racist and sexist?

Shocking.

tableender · 2019-07-18T06:24:18+00:00

I remember reading the first American woman in space was chosen over 100 men who had done better in the selection process.

mtcapri · 2019-07-18T04:38:08+00:00

The moon is sexist. Sarah Jeong told me so.

ElDestajador · 2019-07-18T04:52:49+00:00

Didn't you know? The Moon is female-spirited and all those Apollo landings were actually rapes on Moon by patriarcal Earth. /s

Thanks to this feminist bullshit, China is gonna surpass USA soon.

goodmod · 2019-07-18T09:00:47+00:00

Here's another, related classic from the NYT. I couldn't resist making it a sticky comment.

50 years ago today, The New York Times withdrew its 1920 article "A Severe Strain on Credulity," which mocked Robert Goddard for believing that a rocket could land on the moon.

It's worth reading the quotes, just for the superior, arrogant, sneering tone with which the writer makes an utter fool of himself.

Greg_W_Allan · 2019-07-18T08:50:55+00:00

Just what is it we're supposed to "move past"?

Consilio_et_Animis · 2019-07-18T11:22:14+00:00

I loved this reply to the tweet:

”Of course, in classical mythology the moon was sacred to the goddess Diana. So, the American capitalist male conquest of the moon was really just a form of rape, played out on a national scale, for the amusement of straight white cisgendered males like Walter Cronkite.”

st00dup · 2019-07-18T03:32:53+00:00

We'd still be waiting in our mud huts if we waited for women to put women on the moon.

raffu280 · 2019-07-18T15:40:39+00:00

Like all totalitarian mindsets, women will begin to attempt to purge all history of men being even mentioned in it as "men" - in order to create a "safe space" for all their deep seated insecurities and self doubts.

"The Apollo program was designed by men, for men. If we do not acknowledge the gender bias of the early space program, it becomes difficult to move past it." - The New York Times

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