Hultgreen-Curie Syndrome
Hultgreen-Curie Syndrome is a name for a social and media phenomenon where credit for a major scientific, technical, leadership, or other skill-based achievement is given to a woman or to women, even though they made a relatively small contribution. Coming to prominence in the 2010s, it has also been referred to as Curie-Hultgreen Syndrome.[1]
Meaning
The syndrome was named after the pioneering U.S. Navy fighter pilot Kara Hultgreen and the physical chemist Marie Curie, whose notability has allegedly been blown out proportion in popular history and mainstream media stories. Both women were also killed doing what they were most famous for. The syndrome often applies to news reports and documentaries about breakthroughs in fields that have traditionally been dominated by mostly white men.
The syndrome also extols and gives prominence to women in the military, as religious leaders, and in professional sports (such as race car drivers or American Football players).[2]
Appearance in popular culture
Hultgreen-Curie Syndrome is said to dominate the front page of content aggregator websites like Reddit. These are curated in ways that appeal to popular sentiment, and are also politically correct.
in April 2019, multiple posts on Reddit's front page exaggerated the role of Dr. Katie Bouman in creating a synthetic radio telescope image of the area around a large black hole in the core of the galaxy Messier 87.[3]
Role in intersectional politics
The Hultgreen-Curie Syndrome is likelier to be triggered, or to be amplified, if the woman is non-white, or part of another high-status minority such as being a lesbian or Muslim.
References
- ↑ (Mar 6, 2017) https://bravianthought.blogspot.com/2017/03/hultgreen-curie-syndrome.html
- ↑ Vox Day blog posts category (retrieved Apr 17, 2019) http://voxday.blogspot.com/search/label/Hultgreen-Curie%20Syndrome
- ↑ Vox Popoli (Apr 17, 2019) http://voxday.blogspot.com/2019/04/i-dont-want-to-be-pessimistic.html
