I am a female scientist (associate professor). I think the video was great because it shows that women in science can be pretty as well as smart. That's empowering, not offensive. Thankfully, people can still watch the video.
I'm a female scientist. While there is inequality in the sciences, I will have you know that a lot of people are working toward getting rid of that. I myself have received years of grant money for being of woman and a student of science. I doubt that one funny little you tube video will harm or empower the cause anymore or less. I agree, what killjoys...unfortunately, there are a lot of those in labs as well.
Okay I loved your video and your song. People need to calm down... let's talk about the problem with people being way overly 'politically correct' instead shall we? Long live 'The Most Beautiful Girl in the Lab'!
The only part where a connection between the girl and her job in a lab is made, is during the lab meeting. And there, she's doing well because of her data. All the rest is a lovestory. When did it happen that lovestories in labs were forbidden? I haven't realized. I mean, actually the boys put themselves quite more in a foolish position by having a crush on Zev, while she is doing her work acurately not being distracted. I think you should re-up the vid and let the flamewars begin :)
I am a female science student. Did not feel offended by your video at all. Just the opposite I really loved it, and so did my other female scientists friends. I strongly disagree that the content of the video was offensive. IF that would be the case then 90% of cabarets should be forbidden and punished with fine mulct. Somehow, this does not happen..... Those who think otherwise must have been just jealous of your skills and abilities to make a video like that.
I am a female science student. Did not feel offended by your video at all. Just the opposite I really loved it, and so did my other female scientists friends. I strongly disagree that the content of the video was offensive. IF that would be the case then 90% of cabarets should be forbidden and punished with fine mulct. Somehow, this does not happen..... Those who think otherwise must have been just jealous of your skills and abilities to make a video like that.
I think you should make a music video of top4 hottest guys on the lab floor, to promote this 'sexual discrimination.' We all know male scientists aren't the best looking.
I'm so bummed that the video has been taken down!!! I'm a woman in the lab as well, and the video totally made my WEEK (I even stole the mp3 version off youtube just so i could make it my alarm ringtone!!!) if anything, it made me feel that, women in the lab are beautiful, too, despite our geekiness! Please put the video back up!! This is my all-time favorite video on youtube. :)
If someone doesn't like the video, does she/he have to watch it?
What you did is a brilliant parody. It must be obvious for any rational person.
Inequality in science... Is it seriously the reason why the video has been removed? Come on, be honest, you removed the video to help a friend who's doing a survey on "inequality in science", isn't it?
I'm a female scientist who spends a lot of time pipetting and waiting at the centrifuge, and I think this parody of the original Flight of the Conchords song is awesome. I can see how some people would take this song the wrong way, but I would like to think that it shows that women can be dorky scientists and beautiful.
I'm a girl who works in a lab and I thought it was hilarious and got it from some of my female friends who are also all in science. I'm sad to see this down.
my girlfriend, who is now a PI, sent me a link to the video. and her female co-worker sent it to her.
it seems as if this is an overly sensitive reaction.
i am not saying there is no issue, but maybe you should re-post your original video and as an introduction say that it is a parody (of new zealands 4th most popular folk parody duo) and link to the original.
i dont know much about gender inequality myself since up until now i have only worked for women scientists!
I am a female scientist (chemist) who thought that the video was hilarious and in no way offensive. I do, however, appreciate your sensitivity to the fact that some people objected to the subject matter. With that said, it's too bad that the video was taken down, because I thoroughly enjoyed it and had been looking forward to sharing it with some of the guys I work with in lab. :)
I believe that you should not have taken your video down nor apologized. There will always be an astonishing number of folk who will be offended by even the most banal of material. If we were to remove everything that is offensive to the few, then we won't be left with anything at all. I believe that you should have just clarified your intent while leaving the video in place.
The false assumption by naysayers is that you can't be attracted to a scientist and still take her seriously. I like how it reveals that men are equally on the prowl in all situations. Keep the parody going! If anything it makes men look ridiculous.
The false assumption by naysayers is that you can't be attracted to a scientist and still take her seriously. I like how it reveals that men are equally on the prowl in all situations. Keep the parody going! If anything it makes men look ridiculous.
as a female who works in a lab, I (as did all of my other female lab mates) found this video absolutely hilarious. please keep on keepin' on. absolutely great stuff
duh... boo those with zero viable Humor cells, and I'm happily to say that there is no cure or treatment for this defect. Go tidy up your bench instead of complaining. D:<
People need to stop complaining about stupid shit. Also, have some respect for your own freedom of speech. Taking it down is pretty lame in my opinion.
It is a shame that you felt that you had to take it down because some people did not get the joke. It was incredible well done parody. I am very sad that it is no longer up.
some people should get a life...too much friggin pc (politically correct). I think its the most well made parody and the guy can actually sing. what really kicks off is that Zev is actually a faculty member in a university which makes it funnier. Is there a petition to put this hilarious video back on youtube?
This was really the best video of its kind and it's very sad to see it gone. Everyone with a brain realizes its intentions. Please, put it back up (to be sure, you could easily add a disclaimer at the beginning of the video)!
Speaking as a feminist sociologist, this video was hilarious. It was very obviously a parody, and people who think that parodies are the most pressing concern for eradicating sexism need to pull the sticks out of their asses.
I'm a female scientist as well and I want it back up. We can't solve discrimination in the workplace (any workplace) by protesting a video which had nothing to do with discrimination in the first place.
I also am a women who works in a lab. I loved this video. So funny and not at all inappropriate! I was looking for this video to share but now it's gone! I would love a copy of the original...
I'm all for promoting women in science. But for gods' sake! Protesting a video which cearly: a) wasn't intended to promote discrimination and b) wasn't interpreted as such by 99% of the viewers, only goes to show that some of the protesters clearly lack sense of humor. Furthermore (and more importantly) it leads to trivialising issues of genuine sexism and discrimination. Pity.
I really enjoyed watching the video just the fun of it every week and now how am I supposed to live with watching it? Can I get the video through e-mail personally? My friends and I really liked this.
Boooo! This was a really funny video.... I'm sad I can't watch it now. People need to take that gigantic chip off their shoulder and learn to laugh a little!
I find it fascinating that SNL's world-famous Digital Shorts are not only immune from censorship on the internet, they are broadcast BY NBC on NBC's official website! These include parodies entitled, "Dick in a Box" and "Jizz in my Pants"--and these are also broadcast on NETWORK TELEVISION. On the PC-meter, these raunchy videos make your gentle humor look like Talent Night at a Nunnery!
Geoffrey M, Laff, PhD (Yale College 1990, Yale University 1998)
If you have no sense of humor, you might argue that this video perpetuates sexist stereotypes and undermines the laudable goal of achieving gender equality within the science research community.
Nice try.
If you can't distingish a brilliant parody from a misogynistic treatise, then you're part of the problem, not part of the solution.
Geoffrey M. Laff, PhD (Yale University: BS 1990, PhD 1998)
This sensorship is just a symptom of a more prevalent problem. The right to choose how we can live, what we can and can not see, who we are allowed to be as human beings. The United States of America has a cancer of the mind. The cancer is growing and creative thought is dying. This is not my America. I know what I will do about it. I am taking my blessings and moving. Get some backbone America!
I am a female scientist in cancer research and I thoroughly enjoyed this video! I shared it with many of my friends in science and they thought it was hilarious and very well done. I am surprised that some found this offensive.
I'm shocked. Are you nuts? I'm a female physicist and the video was not offensive in any way. SERIOUSLY.
The quality of your acting, directing and singing was absolutely remarkable. It is hard to believe it was really made just by a bunch of students. Fantastic work! Hopefully the video comes back soon.
Great video. I am a mathematician and big flight of the conchords fan. The video was just brilliant, and it would be a great shame if it is not put back up. It seems the people have spoken.
i have the video...if you wanna see it, tell me so i can send it! i can upload the file, or attach it to an email, i'm not gonna put it on youtube out of respect for its owners...'cause if not, i'd really upload it to youtube! i wouldn't care! because it is NOT affensive at all!!
i've already give it to another youtube member! i was able to download it right before it was blocked!
There is a difference between protecting the equality of women in the work place, and giving in to every little complaint someone throws at you. Not everyone is going to be pleased with something you created - it is inevitable someone will find it distaste. You shouldnt simply take it down because of the former group, otherwise there would be no room for creative freedom.
I was shown this video by an extremely competent and strong female scientist. I sing it to her any chance I get, and it makes her extremely happy... please put the video back.!!! There are so many truly sexist things out there; this does not need to be censored!!!
I just watched it and it is a very well made parody. I guess people who don't know the original could interpret some of it as depicting sexual harassment, but I don't think it should be censored.
Anyway, for those of you want to watch it, search for "the most beautiful girl in the lab" on google with the search language set to Chinese (simplified or traditional work) and you should find a mirror.
I am a female research scientist and I found this hilarious and it has gone through e-mails to many other female scientists and not one complaint! Everyone loved it! I really don't need anyone to speak for me and this certainly doesn't reduce my scientific credibility. Some people just take themselves TOO seriously!
I amm preatty sure that the reasons these guys were taking the video down from the youtube is not really realated to what they were writing. I can imagine something more like "You won't get your PhD is you don't take the crap down!"-reason. It is a pitty. I found it very funny. I am a woman in science and I didn't find it in any way offensive. Anyways it is still all over the internet. You guys are now celbrities in the whole nerd wolrd;).
"After receiving complaints from several esteemed scientists..."
Who are these people? Why do they believe that they have the right or mandate to speak for women in science? I see any comments from women in science in this forum, yet it would appear that the "esteemed scientists" are not speaking for them, but indeed in opposition to them. If these scientists may make their claim and pressure for the video's withdrawal, then true courage is NOT hiding behind a cloak of anonymity!
I saw your video few weeks ago, liked it so much that I shared it with many fellow PhD students and postdocs. They tremendously loved it. Absolutely disheartened to find out that it's been taken down. I'm a female scientist and I think your video deserves four thumbs up. I could totally relate to it!!!! Research is hard enough, can't we just have an entertaining video to watch while waiting for our experiment?!! Sheesh, damn those political people....
I'm offended that you felt a need to take it down. When this video surfaced I showed it to all of my friends that do research and spend a lot of time in the cell labs, and we all thought it was hilarious. As insecure and nerdy teenage girls, we were actually flattered that any guys thought any lab girl was beautiful at all.
This video gave us hope that one day someone would tell us we were the most beautiful girl they had ever seen with a pipette. Please reupload it, for our sakes.
I am also a female scientist and I absolutely loved this video. I sent it to all my female scientist friends and they all loved it. It's such a pity you felt you had to take it down, it was ace. If people don't like it, they don't have to watch!
I'm a girl and I worked in my university's chem lab last summer and felt like I could totally relate. I thought the video was hilarious and without the least bit of ill-intent. Too bad it had to be removed... I was looking for a laugh!
Oh man, too bad you took it down. That video was so funny. I love flight of the Concords and work it the lab. How do I get the video if not on youtube? some of my colleagues missed it
hey, well i have the video and i am willing to give it to anyone that asks for it. out of respect for its owners i'm not gonna upload it on youtube or other public site!
We should probably ask Flight of the Conchords to remove their video as well out of respect for all the women who sit in rooms...
Seriously though, thank you for your well executed parody. Hopefully you will listed to the voices of the vast majority of people who are supporters of this video and restore it rather than letting your free speech be trampled on in order to satisfy the handfull of people who don't understand the connection.
To the people who objected, please don't do any more favors on my behalf. You're expecting men to "behave" and not be men. Haven't we moved on to a more sophisticated perspective on feminism yet? The video was simply about a guy who's interested in one of the few women in the lab and so she's the "most beautiful" girl in the lab. So what' s inappropriate? Men shouldn't desire women? Women aren't rare in labs? Dating lab members never happens? Centrifuge tubes shouldn't be misused?
As a middle-aged Asian female scientist who does research on women in science, I thought your video was hilarious and a brilliant parody. I hope that you upload the video on Facebook so that "friends" like us can continue to enjoy it. You can even have a disclaimer that anyone who chooses to be a friend can just choose to unfriend you if they find the content offensive. We should all have that CHOICE rather than having the video "banned" because of a few outliers.
Please bring this video back! Anyone who found it offensive needs to recognise that women now DO have equality, in all work fields, not just the lab, and as men and women we need to acknowledge that this issue no longer needs to be a cause to campaign but a cause to sit back and enjoy the fact that we can laugh at this together WITHOUT offending anyone!
oh and I'm a female scientist and agree with being treated as normal human beings--- nothing was offensive about the video- We are big girls and we can fend for ourselves- I never felt that I ever needed to fight for my equality as a scientist. Please bring it back!!!!!! I am offended that it was taken down...
I am a female scientist and there was nothing offensive about this. People need to get the their heads out of their asses and have a good laugh after work!! Put the video back up and those pricks and get over it! Dont hate because you're not getting any and you're a workaholic!
So making a parody that involves the discussion of sexuality in the workplace is worse than catering to vocal minorities who wish to suppress free speech and expression?
Do everyone a favor and please put the video back up.
I'm a female scientist. I have never felt discriminated against.
I thought this video was hysterical and an excellent parody of a very funny and talented comic duo. I posted it to my FB page and it was enjoyed by many other scientists. In fact, it was passed around my lab via email (a lab full of females)
I liked the video and I'm sad it's gone. =[ I'm fussy when it comes to the way women are treated, but I didn't find the video offensive at all; it's just a parody, it poked fun of a song and I think it wasn't disrespectful in any way towards women. I hope it'll be back someday.
For the love of science, please put the video back up! Don't kowtow to a few reactionary weirdos. Science is a great place for gender equality - just because we have some institutional sexism to work through, doesn't mean we have to walk on eggshells.
I'm really sad that this has gone, I was just about to share it with my lab! I'm a GIRL and I thought this video was hilarious. To say that it is offensive is just patronising.
er.. there are tons of other much more offensive stuff on youtube and the media in general. you guys have stated very clearly right from the start that its a PARODY. keep doing what you do, and dont give in to those haters!
Wait, what's so offensive? Anyone who has spent time in a lab should find it funny and entertaining :-) Or should someone make a "hottest dude in the lab" video to make it a non gender issue?
The clip was really funny but I think this is totally ridiculous!
Besides is stupid to say it had anything to do with the rights of women, rather I saw it on a parody on relationships while we spend most of our time in the same place.
A shame that the "esteemed scientists" cannot apply the same sound deductive reasoning powers that I would hope they apply to their research.
1. This is a parody of a parody. Demonstrably comedic. Not to be taken seriously. Not a statement regarding women in the sciences at all.
2. As a parody, the same "esteemed scientists" must also view the "original" as demeaning, etc. and consequently protest it. To fail in this regard is demonstrable hypocrisy.
Well, how about making a new video that actually insults people: people who take offense too easily.
It kills me because I was about to send the video link to my brilliant gal pal who's buried in a chemistry lab in the UK right now. She's get a kick out of it.
put it back!!! it was great and the fact it has been removed FOR THIS REASON is offensive to the female gender. i AM A SCIENTIST AND LOVED IT SO PUT IT BAAAAACCCKKKK
i understand that it is not a very nice position to be in, caught in the middle of this issue, however, and honestly, i don't think that removing the video is the right solution. i'd like to hear some more detailed description about the arguments they used against this video's message (the one they dramaticaly perceived). i just hope that it wasn't your boss or someone in a big position at the university that ordered you to remove it. i wish we could trade this video between us...i miss it.
and what about my right of watching the video? i feel kind of insulted that it has been removed since it is like the best video of the year for me! why not just upload the video somewhere, and those who like it, would be able to download it at anytime, and those that hate it, just do us all a favor and don't watch it. I'm a biologist and a girl, and i found this video to be hilarious! loved it! i do not feel insulted at all, and i think that the world needs a twin video about male scientists :-)
I'm really confused which part of the video insult female scientist?I am a female working in the lab.Isn't it normal,common that an attraction happens between male & female?Just that the guy in this story has a fun character. Only those has the prejudice before probably link this video to sth offensive. If i'm a PhD/postdoc, "beautiful" is a compliment.I'll be proud of myself being smart & beautiful.
A real gender inequality is those guys think women should serve them like a slave in the lab.
Anyone who found this song offensive needs to grow up. And JLzilla, despite your good intentions, you are only making the problem worse. As long as creators like you give in to their tantrums and engage in self-censorship, these people will continue to act like children.
Censoring yourself is not "opening a dialogue"--it's not opening anything. It's just shutting down creativity to cater to irrationality.
I work in the worlds biggest chip manufacturer, where nothing spontaneous or creative happens because of an environment of liability or safety.. the same thing is happening here. When some creative, unique, and popular is created, there is always some dumb@ss who wants to burst everyone's bubble with some rhetorical, hypothetical sort of imaginary concern. If there is one thing you need to learn in grad school, its to stand by your ideas, and your intellect. Don't betray it. Challenge the profs
@LarsenPiano These guys are at UCSF. We make videos like this at Berkeley too (look up MCB Follies on YouTube), and so far, we haven't had complaints. (So far.) Some of them are pretty edgy too. Check out the Crank Yankers ones, for example, or "I'm in a Lab."
Respect? So he who complains the loudest gets the respect? There was absolutely nothing offensive about this video. It was very creative and entertaining. If you don't like the video, DON'T WATCH IT. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but to take down the video because of complaining is like censorship. That to me is far more offensive than any perceived misconceptions about some message the video was sending. Unreal. Are we still in 2010? Coulda fooled me.
I'm so sad this video was taken down. I watched it several times and laughed so hard. Lab work can be very frustrating and discouraging at times and it is so important to maintain a sense of humor to keep in good spirits about our work. This video did that for me! As a female scientist I did not for one second find this video offensive. In fact, this video should be on SNL!
@suddenlyill Would it have been better for them to deliberately cast a white female lead? The actress is probably just their friend or labmate. I think they shouldn't have to think twice about making a funny video with a friend based on her ethnicity.
To overreact to an innocuous statement actually sets one's cause back, because it makes one look unreasonable and humorless. Consider the backlash against "PC" behavior. Winning an argument means winning the hearts and minds of reasonable people, not just being right. I hope I don't ever have to work with any of the people who objected.
By censoring this we are just promoting the "Ivory tower" phenomenon of science.
How can we consider this offensive considering all the care taken not to make it as such? If this is offensive then let's remove 90% of videos on Youtube.
I think it's so sad that there are people out there who can't see the humor in this video. I was a PhD student in a scientific field, I was sexually harassed by a professor, I turned him in to the university and left academia because of it, but I found this video to be HILARIOUS. I can't tell you how many times I watched it, and I passed it along to all my friends.
To me, this is ridiculous... This song was a great parody and was taken lightly. Your peers should havent taken offensive to this video, which did not intend to offend or discriminated ANYONE in the video. You should fight for your freedom of speech and not allow these bullies to tell you what to do. Maybe putting a disclaimer before the video might satisfy there needs..Censorship should be controlled by the individual, not by people who feel something shouldn't be up because they didn't like it
I understand the basis of the complaints. I am very socially conservative, especially in consideration of pop culture these days and how some young scientists portray themselves. However, I find little offensiveness with this video. The woman is portrayed well-mostly ignoring the dudes. It would be different if she was acting all sexy or ditsy and hanging on them, but she has completely maintained self-respect. This parody was kept clean even though the song could lead elsewhere.Well done!
There are more women in my lab than there are guys. I dare say my department is skewed that way. Have you considered that you were simply being trolled?
I am insulted, as a scientist who also happens to be female, that anyone thinks this undermines my equality in the workplace. Could we not just accept that this is a funny parody? I prefer that women be treated like human beings, not like a weaker gender that needs to be protected.
Also, thank you for showing that (many) people in science have a sense of humor and are talented not only with a pipette, but also a guitar! Bravo for being so creative.
@cg0895 you are a moron for even complaining about this. Its simply a joke/spoof on flight of the conchords. Its people like you that cause stupid dumb ass laws in this world
I am also a female scientist, and I agree with others that this in no way undermines any effort to achieve equality in the workplace.
Frankly, I think that having classes and clubs about women in science undermines the fight for professional equality because it perpetuates the view that women in the workplace need to be 'dealt with', either positively or negatively. If we stop talking about then it will become a non-issue which is the whole point of the equality movement.
As labs and graduate programs become 60% or more populated by women, can we soon start treating them like the human beings that they are rather than the protected threatened species that we've been taught is appropriate?
Whatever happened to freedom of speech? I'm sorry, but if ANYONE thought this was a SERIOUS video rather than just a humorous PARODY of laboratory work then they obviously have missed the point and made a wrongful conclusion based on false pretenses.
I am a female scientist (associate professor). I think the video was great because it shows that women in science can be pretty as well as smart. That's empowering, not offensive. Thankfully, people can still watch the video.
HappyBelly10 6 months ago
I'm a female scientist. While there is inequality in the sciences, I will have you know that a lot of people are working toward getting rid of that. I myself have received years of grant money for being of woman and a student of science. I doubt that one funny little you tube video will harm or empower the cause anymore or less. I agree, what killjoys...unfortunately, there are a lot of those in labs as well.
ThePanda2123 10 months ago
Okay I loved your video and your song. People need to calm down... let's talk about the problem with people being way overly 'politically correct' instead shall we? Long live 'The Most Beautiful Girl in the Lab'!
studioregency 1 year ago 2
The only part where a connection between the girl and her job in a lab is made, is during the lab meeting. And there, she's doing well because of her data. All the rest is a lovestory. When did it happen that lovestories in labs were forbidden? I haven't realized. I mean, actually the boys put themselves quite more in a foolish position by having a crush on Zev, while she is doing her work acurately not being distracted. I think you should re-up the vid and let the flamewars begin :)
burner0815 1 year ago
I am a female science student. Did not feel offended by your video at all. Just the opposite I really loved it, and so did my other female scientists friends. I strongly disagree that the content of the video was offensive. IF that would be the case then 90% of cabarets should be forbidden and punished with fine mulct. Somehow, this does not happen..... Those who think otherwise must have been just jealous of your skills and abilities to make a video like that.
majlina88 1 year ago
I am a female science student. Did not feel offended by your video at all. Just the opposite I really loved it, and so did my other female scientists friends. I strongly disagree that the content of the video was offensive. IF that would be the case then 90% of cabarets should be forbidden and punished with fine mulct. Somehow, this does not happen..... Those who think otherwise must have been just jealous of your skills and abilities to make a video like that.
majlina88 1 year ago
I think you should make a music video of top4 hottest guys on the lab floor, to promote this 'sexual discrimination.' We all know male scientists aren't the best looking.
treesloth16 1 year ago 3
I really love it!
iamjani 1 year ago
I'm so bummed that the video has been taken down!!! I'm a woman in the lab as well, and the video totally made my WEEK (I even stole the mp3 version off youtube just so i could make it my alarm ringtone!!!) if anything, it made me feel that, women in the lab are beautiful, too, despite our geekiness! Please put the video back up!! This is my all-time favorite video on youtube. :)
grossnessrawr 1 year ago
totally outrageous... what killjoys
aghneya 1 year ago
If someone doesn't like the video, does she/he have to watch it?
What you did is a brilliant parody. It must be obvious for any rational person.
Inequality in science... Is it seriously the reason why the video has been removed? Come on, be honest, you removed the video to help a friend who's doing a survey on "inequality in science", isn't it?
mekouil 1 year ago
I'm a female scientist who spends a lot of time pipetting and waiting at the centrifuge, and I think this parody of the original Flight of the Conchords song is awesome. I can see how some people would take this song the wrong way, but I would like to think that it shows that women can be dorky scientists and beautiful.
mukuro9 1 year ago 3
Sheesh!
It was hilarious.
Guess that's "peer-review" for you :(
entropygain 1 year ago
i want the video back.
I working in the lab my whole life and there are no gender problems at all.
Boojakascha 1 year ago 2
I'm a girl who works in a lab and I thought it was hilarious and got it from some of my female friends who are also all in science. I'm sad to see this down.
funcoolsmart 1 year ago 2
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funcoolsmart 1 year ago
my girlfriend, who is now a PI, sent me a link to the video. and her female co-worker sent it to her.
it seems as if this is an overly sensitive reaction.
i am not saying there is no issue, but maybe you should re-post your original video and as an introduction say that it is a parody (of new zealands 4th most popular folk parody duo) and link to the original.
i dont know much about gender inequality myself since up until now i have only worked for women scientists!
btw - freakin brilliant!
joefc9387 1 year ago
I think those women just don't know the definition of "parody."
Dave Chapelle gets to post videos of racial jokes; so why shouldn't you guys be free to post a parody that's not even offensive in the slightest bit.
Why so serious?!?!?!?!
MrLopsided0reo 1 year ago
I am a female scientist (chemist) who thought that the video was hilarious and in no way offensive. I do, however, appreciate your sensitivity to the fact that some people objected to the subject matter. With that said, it's too bad that the video was taken down, because I thoroughly enjoyed it and had been looking forward to sharing it with some of the guys I work with in lab. :)
AlexP1421 1 year ago
I believe that you should not have taken your video down nor apologized. There will always be an astonishing number of folk who will be offended by even the most banal of material. If we were to remove everything that is offensive to the few, then we won't be left with anything at all. I believe that you should have just clarified your intent while leaving the video in place.
JoeEsquibel 1 year ago 4
The false assumption by naysayers is that you can't be attracted to a scientist and still take her seriously. I like how it reveals that men are equally on the prowl in all situations. Keep the parody going! If anything it makes men look ridiculous.
jmcblair 1 year ago
The false assumption by naysayers is that you can't be attracted to a scientist and still take her seriously. I like how it reveals that men are equally on the prowl in all situations. Keep the parody going! If anything it makes men look ridiculous.
jmcblair 1 year ago
as a female who works in a lab, I (as did all of my other female lab mates) found this video absolutely hilarious. please keep on keepin' on. absolutely great stuff
deathbykamikaze 1 year ago
duh... boo those with zero viable Humor cells, and I'm happily to say that there is no cure or treatment for this defect. Go tidy up your bench instead of complaining. D:<
ahfat83 1 year ago
Please post it back, it was an awesome parody.
jessiedonald 1 year ago 2
People need to stop complaining about stupid shit. Also, have some respect for your own freedom of speech. Taking it down is pretty lame in my opinion.
dazedhavoc 1 year ago
It is a shame that you felt that you had to take it down because some people did not get the joke. It was incredible well done parody. I am very sad that it is no longer up.
QuatschGenau 1 year ago
some people should get a life...too much friggin pc (politically correct). I think its the most well made parody and the guy can actually sing. what really kicks off is that Zev is actually a faculty member in a university which makes it funnier. Is there a petition to put this hilarious video back on youtube?
ChrisCohenRocks 1 year ago
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majaseselj 1 year ago
This was really the best video of its kind and it's very sad to see it gone. Everyone with a brain realizes its intentions. Please, put it back up (to be sure, you could easily add a disclaimer at the beginning of the video)!
grandmastabu 1 year ago
Speaking as a feminist sociologist, this video was hilarious. It was very obviously a parody, and people who think that parodies are the most pressing concern for eradicating sexism need to pull the sticks out of their asses.
LilacSandwiches 1 year ago 4
I'm also a female scientist and I think this is hilarious. Please put the video back up!
Best thing since Piled Higher and Deeper.
EmJob8 1 year ago
no more arguments, PUT THE VIDEO BACK UP!
I'm a female scientist as well and I want it back up. We can't solve discrimination in the workplace (any workplace) by protesting a video which had nothing to do with discrimination in the first place.
Signed: Rosalind Franklin.
dapurediva 1 year ago 3
It's a parody. It's SUPPOSED to highlight ridiculous stuff like gender bias and other things. It was designed for comedy. What a bunch of baloney.
I say readd the video but this time make the beginning say its a parody and a comedy and no offense was intended
orangepeel0 1 year ago
join my group 'reinstate the 'most beautiful girl in the lab' video!' on Facebook - let's get it back!
Superst4r7 1 year ago
I'm a woman and a PhD student who works in a lab too. I think the video was very very funny, I want to see the original video again, I love it! ;)
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amelvinful 1 year ago
I also am a women who works in a lab. I loved this video. So funny and not at all inappropriate! I was looking for this video to share but now it's gone! I would love a copy of the original...
jsimendinger 1 year ago 5
@jsimendinger ME TOO! I absolutely love the part where he stuffs a falcon down his pants to "make his junk look huge" HILARIOUS!
dapurediva 1 year ago
wattttt this is whack i was just about to send someone this video. i am a female so is she...lame.
sanz123 1 year ago
does anyone have the contact of the students that did this video?!
degeneration123 1 year ago
I'm all for promoting women in science. But for gods' sake! Protesting a video which cearly: a) wasn't intended to promote discrimination and b) wasn't interpreted as such by 99% of the viewers, only goes to show that some of the protesters clearly lack sense of humor. Furthermore (and more importantly) it leads to trivialising issues of genuine sexism and discrimination. Pity.
Qba86 1 year ago 2
@Qba86 AMEN SISTAH!
dapurediva 1 year ago
I really enjoyed watching the video just the fun of it every week and now how am I supposed to live with watching it? Can I get the video through e-mail personally? My friends and I really liked this.
MsSoobong 1 year ago
@MsSoobong
do you want the video? i can give it to you
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I'd love to keep it in my file. my e-mail address is soo0128@gmail.com
Thanks a lot! :)
MsSoobong 1 year ago
Boooo! This was a really funny video.... I'm sad I can't watch it now. People need to take that gigantic chip off their shoulder and learn to laugh a little!
soonist 1 year ago
I find it fascinating that SNL's world-famous Digital Shorts are not only immune from censorship on the internet, they are broadcast BY NBC on NBC's official website! These include parodies entitled, "Dick in a Box" and "Jizz in my Pants"--and these are also broadcast on NETWORK TELEVISION. On the PC-meter, these raunchy videos make your gentle humor look like Talent Night at a Nunnery!
Geoffrey M, Laff, PhD (Yale College 1990, Yale University 1998)
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If you have no sense of humor, you might argue that this video perpetuates sexist stereotypes and undermines the laudable goal of achieving gender equality within the science research community.
Nice try.
If you can't distingish a brilliant parody from a misogynistic treatise, then you're part of the problem, not part of the solution.
Geoffrey M. Laff, PhD (Yale University: BS 1990, PhD 1998)
New York, NY
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glaff 1 year ago
This sensorship is just a symptom of a more prevalent problem. The right to choose how we can live, what we can and can not see, who we are allowed to be as human beings. The United States of America has a cancer of the mind. The cancer is growing and creative thought is dying. This is not my America. I know what I will do about it. I am taking my blessings and moving. Get some backbone America!
y2k4ed 1 year ago
I am a female scientist in cancer research and I thoroughly enjoyed this video! I shared it with many of my friends in science and they thought it was hilarious and very well done. I am surprised that some found this offensive.
MmmLilacs 1 year ago 3
I'm shocked. Are you nuts? I'm a female physicist and the video was not offensive in any way. SERIOUSLY.
The quality of your acting, directing and singing was absolutely remarkable. It is hard to believe it was really made just by a bunch of students. Fantastic work! Hopefully the video comes back soon.
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usva79 1 year ago
MMMrrrrrrrr I'm a girl in the lab and I approve the original video!!!!
CSConn126 1 year ago
Great video. I am a mathematician and big flight of the conchords fan. The video was just brilliant, and it would be a great shame if it is not put back up. It seems the people have spoken.
astapldn 1 year ago 3
This video will go down as a legend. Just like Zev (you're a legend, Zev)
herculesmcawsome 1 year ago
I heard great things about this! as a lady scientist, I'd love to see it!
hacole80 1 year ago
@hacole80
i have the video...if you wanna see it, tell me so i can send it! i can upload the file, or attach it to an email, i'm not gonna put it on youtube out of respect for its owners...'cause if not, i'd really upload it to youtube! i wouldn't care! because it is NOT affensive at all!!
i've already give it to another youtube member! i was able to download it right before it was blocked!
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I would love to have it! could you send it to me???
amster341@gmail.com
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hacole80 1 year ago
There is a difference between protecting the equality of women in the work place, and giving in to every little complaint someone throws at you. Not everyone is going to be pleased with something you created - it is inevitable someone will find it distaste. You shouldnt simply take it down because of the former group, otherwise there would be no room for creative freedom.
bomgui 1 year ago 3
I can't believe this was taken down! A few people have issues, so everybody else misses out! This is outrageous!
SelphieBoffin 1 year ago
I was shown this video by an extremely competent and strong female scientist. I sing it to her any chance I get, and it makes her extremely happy... please put the video back.!!! There are so many truly sexist things out there; this does not need to be censored!!!
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kaungsel 1 year ago
please post the video back :/
kaungsel 1 year ago
I just watched it and it is a very well made parody. I guess people who don't know the original could interpret some of it as depicting sexual harassment, but I don't think it should be censored.
Anyway, for those of you want to watch it, search for "the most beautiful girl in the lab" on google with the search language set to Chinese (simplified or traditional work) and you should find a mirror.
boaarmpit 1 year ago 19
I am a female research scientist and I found this hilarious and it has gone through e-mails to many other female scientists and not one complaint! Everyone loved it! I really don't need anyone to speak for me and this certainly doesn't reduce my scientific credibility. Some people just take themselves TOO seriously!
MarieNJ 1 year ago 2
is there anyone else interested on this video?
degeneration123 1 year ago
I amm preatty sure that the reasons these guys were taking the video down from the youtube is not really realated to what they were writing. I can imagine something more like "You won't get your PhD is you don't take the crap down!"-reason. It is a pitty. I found it very funny. I am a woman in science and I didn't find it in any way offensive. Anyways it is still all over the internet. You guys are now celbrities in the whole nerd wolrd;).
WannaAlternative 1 year ago 3
"After receiving complaints from several esteemed scientists..."
Who are these people? Why do they believe that they have the right or mandate to speak for women in science? I see any comments from women in science in this forum, yet it would appear that the "esteemed scientists" are not speaking for them, but indeed in opposition to them. If these scientists may make their claim and pressure for the video's withdrawal, then true courage is NOT hiding behind a cloak of anonymity!
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blingblinkstarz 1 year ago
I saw your video few weeks ago, liked it so much that I shared it with many fellow PhD students and postdocs. They tremendously loved it. Absolutely disheartened to find out that it's been taken down. I'm a female scientist and I think your video deserves four thumbs up. I could totally relate to it!!!! Research is hard enough, can't we just have an entertaining video to watch while waiting for our experiment?!! Sheesh, damn those political people....
blingblinkstarz 1 year ago 2
I'm not sure guys you were right to pander to people who have obviously lost it. Please bring back the vid!
a11a12 1 year ago 2
I'm offended that you felt a need to take it down. When this video surfaced I showed it to all of my friends that do research and spend a lot of time in the cell labs, and we all thought it was hilarious. As insecure and nerdy teenage girls, we were actually flattered that any guys thought any lab girl was beautiful at all.
This video gave us hope that one day someone would tell us we were the most beautiful girl they had ever seen with a pipette. Please reupload it, for our sakes.
aryuster 1 year ago 2
This is funny but strange at the same time!! PLEASE upload VIDEO!! :)
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shepnerds 1 year ago
I am also a female scientist and I absolutely loved this video. I sent it to all my female scientist friends and they all loved it. It's such a pity you felt you had to take it down, it was ace. If people don't like it, they don't have to watch!
jofoth 1 year ago 2
Please put it back up. This was one of my favorite videos on youtube.
attack44444 1 year ago
I'm a girl and I worked in my university's chem lab last summer and felt like I could totally relate. I thought the video was hilarious and without the least bit of ill-intent. Too bad it had to be removed... I was looking for a laugh!
RaindropCantabile 1 year ago
whoever is offended by this needs to get laid.
flapdoodle23 1 year ago
Another vote to re-host it! Rapidshare?...
economyclassemail 1 year ago
Oh man, too bad you took it down. That video was so funny. I love flight of the Concords and work it the lab. How do I get the video if not on youtube? some of my colleagues missed it
modularhla 1 year ago
@modularhla
hey, well i have the video and i am willing to give it to anyone that asks for it. out of respect for its owners i'm not gonna upload it on youtube or other public site!
degeneration123 1 year ago
We should probably ask Flight of the Conchords to remove their video as well out of respect for all the women who sit in rooms...
Seriously though, thank you for your well executed parody. Hopefully you will listed to the voices of the vast majority of people who are supporters of this video and restore it rather than letting your free speech be trampled on in order to satisfy the handfull of people who don't understand the connection.
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degeneration123 1 year ago
To the people who objected, please don't do any more favors on my behalf. You're expecting men to "behave" and not be men. Haven't we moved on to a more sophisticated perspective on feminism yet? The video was simply about a guy who's interested in one of the few women in the lab and so she's the "most beautiful" girl in the lab. So what' s inappropriate? Men shouldn't desire women? Women aren't rare in labs? Dating lab members never happens? Centrifuge tubes shouldn't be misused?
0007lan 1 year ago 4
As a middle-aged Asian female scientist who does research on women in science, I thought your video was hilarious and a brilliant parody. I hope that you upload the video on Facebook so that "friends" like us can continue to enjoy it. You can even have a disclaimer that anyone who chooses to be a friend can just choose to unfriend you if they find the content offensive. We should all have that CHOICE rather than having the video "banned" because of a few outliers.
0007lan 1 year ago 3
HA I already have mp3 of this in my iphone :D
too bad i didn't download the whole video :(
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degeneration123 1 year ago
is there a chance of bringing this video back to life??
"For the love of science, please put the video back up!" +1
degeneration123 1 year ago
Please bring this video back! Anyone who found it offensive needs to recognise that women now DO have equality, in all work fields, not just the lab, and as men and women we need to acknowledge that this issue no longer needs to be a cause to campaign but a cause to sit back and enjoy the fact that we can laugh at this together WITHOUT offending anyone!
celerysoup 1 year ago 2
oh and I'm a female scientist and agree with being treated as normal human beings--- nothing was offensive about the video- We are big girls and we can fend for ourselves- I never felt that I ever needed to fight for my equality as a scientist. Please bring it back!!!!!! I am offended that it was taken down...
cheeky45697 1 year ago
BRING IT BACK!!! HECK NO WE WON'T GO!!! The Esteemed scientist are just jealous because they're not funny like you.....
cheeky45697 1 year ago
I am a female scientist and there was nothing offensive about this. People need to get the their heads out of their asses and have a good laugh after work!! Put the video back up and those pricks and get over it! Dont hate because you're not getting any and you're a workaholic!
mmmdogfood 1 year ago
So making a parody that involves the discussion of sexuality in the workplace is worse than catering to vocal minorities who wish to suppress free speech and expression?
Do everyone a favor and please put the video back up.
(Just don't tell your boss)
infinitepat 1 year ago
@infinitepat well said.
jzajac02 1 year ago
I'm a female scientist. I have never felt discriminated against.
I thought this video was hysterical and an excellent parody of a very funny and talented comic duo. I posted it to my FB page and it was enjoyed by many other scientists. In fact, it was passed around my lab via email (a lab full of females)
gatormegg 1 year ago 2
I liked the video and I'm sad it's gone. =[ I'm fussy when it comes to the way women are treated, but I didn't find the video offensive at all; it's just a parody, it poked fun of a song and I think it wasn't disrespectful in any way towards women. I hope it'll be back someday.
Sareille 1 year ago
For the love of science, please put the video back up! Don't kowtow to a few reactionary weirdos. Science is a great place for gender equality - just because we have some institutional sexism to work through, doesn't mean we have to walk on eggshells.
Necrometer 1 year ago 2
I'm really sad that this has gone, I was just about to share it with my lab! I'm a GIRL and I thought this video was hilarious. To say that it is offensive is just patronising.
Whitefarseer 1 year ago
er.. there are tons of other much more offensive stuff on youtube and the media in general. you guys have stated very clearly right from the start that its a PARODY. keep doing what you do, and dont give in to those haters!
chocmilkshake24 1 year ago
Wait, what's so offensive? Anyone who has spent time in a lab should find it funny and entertaining :-) Or should someone make a "hottest dude in the lab" video to make it a non gender issue?
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sitaisme 1 year ago
The clip was really funny but I think this is totally ridiculous!
Besides is stupid to say it had anything to do with the rights of women, rather I saw it on a parody on relationships while we spend most of our time in the same place.
catoquitas 1 year ago
A shame that the "esteemed scientists" cannot apply the same sound deductive reasoning powers that I would hope they apply to their research.
1. This is a parody of a parody. Demonstrably comedic. Not to be taken seriously. Not a statement regarding women in the sciences at all.
2. As a parody, the same "esteemed scientists" must also view the "original" as demeaning, etc. and consequently protest it. To fail in this regard is demonstrable hypocrisy.
Have they protested? I think not.
scotsg8r 1 year ago 2
Well, how about making a new video that actually insults people: people who take offense too easily.
It kills me because I was about to send the video link to my brilliant gal pal who's buried in a chemistry lab in the UK right now. She's get a kick out of it.
amazingbollweevil 1 year ago
put it back!!! it was great and the fact it has been removed FOR THIS REASON is offensive to the female gender. i AM A SCIENTIST AND LOVED IT SO PUT IT BAAAAACCCKKKK
iwzhier 1 year ago 2
i understand that it is not a very nice position to be in, caught in the middle of this issue, however, and honestly, i don't think that removing the video is the right solution. i'd like to hear some more detailed description about the arguments they used against this video's message (the one they dramaticaly perceived). i just hope that it wasn't your boss or someone in a big position at the university that ordered you to remove it. i wish we could trade this video between us...i miss it.
degeneration123 1 year ago
and what about my right of watching the video? i feel kind of insulted that it has been removed since it is like the best video of the year for me! why not just upload the video somewhere, and those who like it, would be able to download it at anytime, and those that hate it, just do us all a favor and don't watch it. I'm a biologist and a girl, and i found this video to be hilarious! loved it! i do not feel insulted at all, and i think that the world needs a twin video about male scientists :-)
degeneration123 1 year ago
Awww come on...this was totally funny...all my fellow labmates including the laides were laughing their head off...put it back onnn
prakashdn 1 year ago
darn, i wanted to see it!
antinats 1 year ago
Don't listen to those douchebags!! I'm a scientist and I thought it was hilarious.. Put it back on
jgluch 1 year ago
This was a hilarious video! I'm so sad you guys felt pressured to take it down.
emilylovesgenetics 1 year ago
I'm really confused which part of the video insult female scientist?I am a female working in the lab.Isn't it normal,common that an attraction happens between male & female?Just that the guy in this story has a fun character. Only those has the prejudice before probably link this video to sth offensive. If i'm a PhD/postdoc, "beautiful" is a compliment.I'll be proud of myself being smart & beautiful.
A real gender inequality is those guys think women should serve them like a slave in the lab.
LongXiong 1 year ago
Anyone who found this song offensive needs to grow up. And JLzilla, despite your good intentions, you are only making the problem worse. As long as creators like you give in to their tantrums and engage in self-censorship, these people will continue to act like children.
Censoring yourself is not "opening a dialogue"--it's not opening anything. It's just shutting down creativity to cater to irrationality.
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DeeJayR6 1 year ago
Who were these "esteemed" scientists?
Absolutely unfortunate.
regears 1 year ago
My female scientist friends, including my professor wife (who I'm trailing) thought it was funny.
More women PhDs than men this year, too ...
luminescer 1 year ago
Everyone knows that a real-world "4" is a lab "8." Thus the "7 other dudes."
ngfrancella 1 year ago
it's just a music video that telling a story and it's called entertainment!
what makes you think it's something else?
nonstopnuts 1 year ago
I work in the worlds biggest chip manufacturer, where nothing spontaneous or creative happens because of an environment of liability or safety.. the same thing is happening here. When some creative, unique, and popular is created, there is always some dumb@ss who wants to burst everyone's bubble with some rhetorical, hypothetical sort of imaginary concern. If there is one thing you need to learn in grad school, its to stand by your ideas, and your intellect. Don't betray it. Challenge the profs
gte692h 1 year ago
Trust some uptight professor to ruin everyone's fun!
gte692h 1 year ago
Complain to the professor:
zev.gartner@ucsf.edu
It was his graduate student who stared in the production. She's famous now.
LarsenPiano 1 year ago
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I think Zev Gartner is in the video too.
I don't think he's got anything against the video.
TrightOn 1 year ago
Y'all need to move out of Berkeley. You're too PC. Put the video back up.
LarsenPiano 1 year ago
@LarsenPiano These guys are at UCSF. We make videos like this at Berkeley too (look up MCB Follies on YouTube), and so far, we haven't had complaints. (So far.) Some of them are pretty edgy too. Check out the Crank Yankers ones, for example, or "I'm in a Lab."
skarefamena 1 year ago
@skarefamena
can we get in contact with them?!
degeneration123 1 year ago
"Esteemed" scientists? There is nothing offensive about this parody. Don't let this prevent you from making more in the future
kid1000002000 1 year ago 2
Are you serious that people were offended by that video? Some people just need to learn to laugh...
Women belong in the kitchen anyways.
selggiT 1 year ago
This was my favorite video on youtube. NOW I'M MAD.
WHOEVER THINKS THIS IS OFFENSIVE NEEDS TO GO... SUCK A CONICAL.
SpinelessJellies 1 year ago 8
Respect? So he who complains the loudest gets the respect? There was absolutely nothing offensive about this video. It was very creative and entertaining. If you don't like the video, DON'T WATCH IT. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but to take down the video because of complaining is like censorship. That to me is far more offensive than any perceived misconceptions about some message the video was sending. Unreal. Are we still in 2010? Coulda fooled me.
skel625 1 year ago
can someone point out to me how this undermines women's equality in the workplace?
SumoSkrat 1 year ago
Lady PIs & postdocs be hatin' cause they weren't one of the top 3, good lookin' girls on the floor.
Depending on the floor.
baussman 1 year ago 2
I'm so sad this video was taken down. I watched it several times and laughed so hard. Lab work can be very frustrating and discouraging at times and it is so important to maintain a sense of humor to keep in good spirits about our work. This video did that for me! As a female scientist I did not for one second find this video offensive. In fact, this video should be on SNL!
noneseni 1 year ago 2
The only real issue here is the White Nerd's obsession with the Asian Chick. So yeah, it's a race issue.
suddenlyill 1 year ago
@suddenlyill yellow fever baby
TheMacadias 1 year ago
@suddenlyill Would it have been better for them to deliberately cast a white female lead? The actress is probably just their friend or labmate. I think they shouldn't have to think twice about making a funny video with a friend based on her ethnicity.
skarefamena 1 year ago
To overreact to an innocuous statement actually sets one's cause back, because it makes one look unreasonable and humorless. Consider the backlash against "PC" behavior. Winning an argument means winning the hearts and minds of reasonable people, not just being right. I hope I don't ever have to work with any of the people who objected.
wkclements 1 year ago
By censoring this we are just promoting the "Ivory tower" phenomenon of science.
How can we consider this offensive considering all the care taken not to make it as such? If this is offensive then let's remove 90% of videos on Youtube.
zkhoury 1 year ago
Clearly the authors of the video did not mean to offend anyone.
Falkenad 1 year ago
Everyone on this planet is offended by one thing or another. So what's next? Remove Youtube? Remove the Internet?
Your actions to remove your work are more dishonorable than anything anyone could have thought about your work.
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EssiacHempLaetrile 1 year ago
I think it's so sad that there are people out there who can't see the humor in this video. I was a PhD student in a scientific field, I was sexually harassed by a professor, I turned him in to the university and left academia because of it, but I found this video to be HILARIOUS. I can't tell you how many times I watched it, and I passed it along to all my friends.
clg20171 1 year ago 22
People just need to relax. This video was hilarious and those offended need to chillax and get over themselves
tallgirl127 1 year ago
To me, this is ridiculous... This song was a great parody and was taken lightly. Your peers should havent taken offensive to this video, which did not intend to offend or discriminated ANYONE in the video. You should fight for your freedom of speech and not allow these bullies to tell you what to do. Maybe putting a disclaimer before the video might satisfy there needs..Censorship should be controlled by the individual, not by people who feel something shouldn't be up because they didn't like it
rerun40811 1 year ago
I understand the basis of the complaints. I am very socially conservative, especially in consideration of pop culture these days and how some young scientists portray themselves. However, I find little offensiveness with this video. The woman is portrayed well-mostly ignoring the dudes. It would be different if she was acting all sexy or ditsy and hanging on them, but she has completely maintained self-respect. This parody was kept clean even though the song could lead elsewhere.Well done!
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farabaug 1 year ago
There are more women in my lab than there are guys. I dare say my department is skewed that way. Have you considered that you were simply being trolled?
tigerwind20 1 year ago
Censorship has no place in comedy... To view that video as an enemy of equality in the workplace is IMO downright misguided.
apexaviour 1 year ago
Too bad you took it down! As a female PhD student, I wasn't offended at all, but thought it was creative and .... cute.
pepy777 1 year ago
I am insulted, as a scientist who also happens to be female, that anyone thinks this undermines my equality in the workplace. Could we not just accept that this is a funny parody? I prefer that women be treated like human beings, not like a weaker gender that needs to be protected.
Also, thank you for showing that (many) people in science have a sense of humor and are talented not only with a pipette, but also a guitar! Bravo for being so creative.
cg0895 1 year ago 61
@cg0895 you are a moron for even complaining about this. Its simply a joke/spoof on flight of the conchords. Its people like you that cause stupid dumb ass laws in this world
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cg0895 1 year ago
I am also a female scientist, and I agree with others that this in no way undermines any effort to achieve equality in the workplace.
Frankly, I think that having classes and clubs about women in science undermines the fight for professional equality because it perpetuates the view that women in the workplace need to be 'dealt with', either positively or negatively. If we stop talking about then it will become a non-issue which is the whole point of the equality movement.
nkb535 1 year ago 2
As labs and graduate programs become 60% or more populated by women, can we soon start treating them like the human beings that they are rather than the protected threatened species that we've been taught is appropriate?
advocatus360 1 year ago
Whatever happened to freedom of speech? I'm sorry, but if ANYONE thought this was a SERIOUS video rather than just a humorous PARODY of laboratory work then they obviously have missed the point and made a wrongful conclusion based on false pretenses.
eriyuso 1 year ago