The following statement was issued on 19 November 2014 by the Executive Committee of the American Astronomical Society on behalf of the AAS Council:



The past few days have seen extensive international discussion of an incident (known online as #shirtstorm or #shirtgate) in which a participant in a European Space Agency media conference wore a shirt with sexualized images of gun-toting women and made an unfortunate remark comparing the featured spacecraft to a woman. Viewers responded critically to these inappropriate statements, especially jarring in such a highly visible setting (one in which very few women appeared), and the scientist apologized sincerely. But in the meantime, unacceptable abuse has been directed toward the critics, from criticism of “over-active feminism” to personal insults and more dire threats.



We wish to express our support for members of the community who rightly brought this issue to the fore, and we condemn the unreasonable attacks they experienced as a result, which caused deep distress in our community. We do appreciate the scientist’s sincere and unqualified apology.



The AAS has a clear anti-harassment policy, which prohibits “verbal comments or physical actions of a sexual nature” and “a display of sexually suggestive objects or pictures.” Had the offending images appeared and comments been made under the auspices of the AAS, they would be in clear violation of our policy.

The AAS releases a formal statement concerning men's fashion If I were a scientist, I would immediately resign from any organization that was releasing statements on fashion, much less had a formal policy on what I could and could not wear.I'm sure it will surprise no one to know that the president of the AAS is a female SJW. The sad thing about this isn't that most women care more about clothes and politics than science; we already knew that. What is both tragic and observable is that evencare more about clothes and politics than science. They aren't merely an embarrassment to their sex, they are the epitome of a humiliating shame to it.It can't possibly be true that "unacceptable abuse has been directed toward the critics". Whatever abuse they received not only was well-merited, but didn't go nearly far enough because they deserve shameless mocking for the rest of their pathetic lives.And this is why you don't let SJWs into any organization to which you belong. Because this is what they do.

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