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Words temporarily failed me when I came across this
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Now, I can see that as one of the world's top scientific journals it's nice to occasionally mix things up with a well-written, original and witty spoof piece. However the above seems to me to be neither well-written nor particularly witty and not remotely original but merely a retread of tired old stereotypes about women and men and their natural place in the scheme of things. In fact it barely rises above mother-in-law jokes which have been around since the dawn of time and are usually not particularly funny either. My mind boggles a bit that Nature's editors thought it was worth publishing and the fact that they obviously considered it well-written, original and witty merely depresses me.
Now, I can see that as one of the world's top scientific journals it's nice to occasionally mix things up with a well-written, original and witty spoof piece. However the above seems to me to be neither well-written nor particularly witty and not remotely original but merely a retread of tired old stereotypes about women and men and their natural place in the scheme of things. In fact it barely rises above mother-in-law jokes which have been around since the dawn of time and are usually not particularly funny either. My mind boggles a bit that Nature's editors thought it was worth publishing and the fact that they obviously considered it well-written, original and witty merely depresses me.