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As a fairly active user from social media, yes every now and then a troll or comment comes across that raises doubts about the evolution of man. As a white man, this seems rather annoying to me, but I do not shy away from fighting back. I have had to assert myself rhetorically in the past, namely when the second half of my research project for the dissertation underwent a change of personnel at the sponsoring company and suddenly politics took center stage, as well as several times during my military service. There, too, several people tried to get their way through mobbing and bullying. It’s just stupid when you’re sitting in the middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Case 1: Women from Culture, Research and Politics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

However, this is no comparison to what I observe when women become the victims. For some time now, I have been following – after a call from the German cartoonist Ralph Ruth<\/a>e, who asked on Twitter which interesting Twitter accounts of women he should follow – a few of those accounts. QuattroMILF<\/a>, Natascha Strobl<\/a> or U.S. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> are some of these women. The first, Jasmina Kuhnk<\/strong>e, is a mother of four with German-African roots and a comedy writer and comedienne who speaks out with a sharp tongue against racism – which she herself experiences firsthand – against racists and Nazis. Natascha Strobl<\/strong> is an Austrian political scientist, author, analyst, publicist and, above all, an expert on right-wing extremism and politics who razor-sharp dissects the logic and rhetorical tricks of right-wing old-boys, politicians, thundering women and other right-wing hacks. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/strong>, also known by her initials AOC, on the other hand, is the Democratic Party’s youngest congresswoman with Puerto Rican roots, who worked her way up from poverty into politics by working waitress jobs and being valedictorian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What all three women have in common is that they are very self-confident, experts in their field, eloquent and incredibly smart. I can mostly agree with their positions, arguments and statements, and if not, I find them very interesting in any case. Three very interesting women whose contributions I find very inspiring and enriching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unfortunately, what the three also have in common is that they are continuously exposed to the worst attacks on the Internet from men who insult them in every possible way, want to put them in their place and even do not shy away from threats of rape, violence and murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now I could shrug my shoulders and say it’s none of my business. Not my field, not my fight. But that is not true. It is not only these three women, but a whole lot of others who are exposed to such attacks of the worst kind. Two simultaneous incidents from my field happened a few days ago that show how widespread cyberbullying against women is in the public sphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Case 2: Artificial intelligence at Google<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

First, there was the firing of Ethiopian-born AI expert Timnit Gebru<\/a> from Google. Her research focused on the problem areas of artificial intelligence, which is dominated by white and Asian males and therefore systematically leads to biases in machine learning data that disadvantage women and minorities. Gebru assembled a team at Google to track, scientifically address, and fix these problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happened was something else. During her vacation in November\/December, she was fired, bypassing her direct supervisor – according to the official style, her ‘resignation’ was accepted – and after public protest and Google-internal revolt, specious arguments were put forward that she had not followed internal processes in publishing a new research paper. Which, of course, wasn’t true. No questions were allowed at an internal staff meeting with Google employees of color. Even the US Senate intervened in the meantime and asked Google CEO Sundar Pichai for details about this ‘unusual’ process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Full stop\u2014 We can\u2019t prevent algorithmic bias in innovative tech if POC don\u2019t have a seat at the table.@RonWyden<\/a> and I urged @Google<\/a> CEO @sundarpichai<\/a> to reaffirm his commitment to D&I and academic freedom. Now more than ever, @timnitGebru<\/a>\u2019s departure makes this work essential. pic.twitter.com\/RYwPB4bche<\/a><\/p>— Yvette D. Clarke (@RepYvetteClarke) December 16, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>