Sexism at the Museum of Science

On Sunday, January 30th, the Boston Museum of Science is running a promotion where one gender gets in for free, and the other doesn't.

Does it matter which gender? No, it doesn't. They tell me that they do not at this time have any plans for a day on which they will let the other gender in for free, which certainly sounds like sexism to me. This really offends me, and I wouldn't be caught dead taking advantage of it.

So, I would urge Boston-area folks to either not go to the MoS that day, and call them to tell them why, or if you do attend, refuse their free admission if you are of the special-treatment gender, or demand free admission of you're of the discrimated-against gender. This sort of thing is offensive and wrong, and should never take place in this day and age.

I eventually got a call back from a Suki Volk, who is the Marketing Manager. She was quite skilled at the conversational equivalent of sticking her fingers in her ears and saying, "La la la la I can't hear you and what we're doing is really great because we're so wonderful la la la!"

Unfortunately, the offices are now closed for the day due to the storm, but starting again tomorrow:

Business Offices
617.589.0100