Okay, let me get this straight. This guy is part of a team which just accomplished a huge scientific feat for the first time in history. And the only thing we are supposed to pay attention to is his SHIRT? These guys are lab rats--they have a long and proud geek tradition to live up to. Wouldn't surprise me if the last time this guy wore a suit was when he applied for his current job, if then.

"I have a dream....that one day people will be judged, not by the color of their shirts, but by the contents of their character".

I agree with the well stated response of MikeM.

Above and beyond ones freedom to wear (in this case this shirt) what one chooses, there are appropriate and inappropriate places/occasions where one needs to apply common sense or stated in other words, good manners: would you wear that shirt to church, to a funeral, to talk to your kid's teachers, to a job interview? Well, would you? It may be a cool shirt but good taste limits its use. As for the scientist, so smart... and yet so dumb.

Focusing on the guy's shirt after such an astounding accomplishment should be cause for the woman to apologize. I hate that he apologized, but I don't care what he wears so long as he continues scientific progress.

Thumbs down for the lack of fact checking and the many problems with sexually objectifying women, granted that everyone enjoys sex. First of all, Matt Taylor is just another physicist, not at all at "renowned scientist."

Of course, we defend the freedoms of those with whom we disagree. Said Matt Taylor, "“Since early on in my career I have enjoyed working with groups or teams of scientists towards a common goal, encouraging them to work with one another and to support their activities." (His bio from the Rosetta Project here: http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov/matt-taylor)

He is certainly free to wear the shirt on his time, especially when in the company of the woman who made it for him, or with anyone else, for that matter, but not at work. The shirt was totally inappropriate for just about any enterprise that I know of, and definitely out of bounds for NASA and the ESA. No sexually explicit clothing is appropriate.

If the images had been men, they would have been no less insulting, demeaning, and inappropriate.

It is especially disappointing to me to read approval for the objectification and sexualization of women on this site. In _Atlas Shrugged_ conservative looter Cuffy Meigs called Dagny Taggart "the little girl who's such a wizard at railroading." The two are causally related.

That two women here, mimi and khalling, defend the shirt and its imagery as if that were asserting a rational romanticism is also deeply troubling.

I am all in favor of sex. I would be happy to share links, images, stories or whatever else. But not in the workplace.

Would you be so quick to defend him if he wore a shirt that said "Death to Atheists" or "Stop Global Warming Now"?

Healthy men like women, and like women's' bodies. It's the biological call to reproduce. Good sex is mind sex. Science is sexy because it is the mind in action. Unfortunately, science is generally not seen as sexy. This man, and the maker of the shirt, which might be called clothing art, understand this. No need for him to apologize. I saw no evidence of a dress code in the images of the scientists at work.

Exactly! - I predict the publicity will create more demand than ever for the shirt material.

I liked reading the part that a woman made the shirt.
I thought about providing here the link that said Elly Prizeman; but when I saw what was to be seen, dino says to himself, "No, that could get my comment squished.
See for yourself if you haven't already.
It just proves that not all women are feminists while feminists think they are speaking for all women.

All I want to know is where I can buy that shirt.

Feminists should be all over burkas then.

The shirt should have had long sleeves (imo ;^)
Note that I won't be tweeting that opinion to the world, and I applaud the accomplishments of the shirt wearer and shirt maker.

To the contrary, the crying in science happens when your competitor legitimately beats you to a successful invention, but you get over it quickly and figure out a way to one-up your competitor.

:-)

yes. but I'm still mad. and Euda is out there in tweet world in high form on this. we jumped in and there he was. no surprise

hahahahha there is no crying in science

Arrrgh!!! Men and woman have been attracted to each for only the last bejillion years. And this freak got this guy to apologize. He's a WIMP (Weakly Interacting Massive Particle):-)

Hahaha. I LOVE retro space chicks! In fact, I scoop up this popular quilting print when I find it on Etsy or EBay. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/10646797866...
If I twittered, I would follow db. This is absolutely ridiculous. Although, I heard the man was in tears, so maybe he doesn’t deserve an awesome shirt that like?