Times ain't a-changin? All-male Nobel lineup draws criticism

Associated Press ^ | Oct 14, 2016 8:37 AM EDT | Karl Ritter

[Olog-hai]

With Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize in literature, this year’s Nobel laureates became an all-male ensemble, something that’s not unusual in the 115-year-old history of the prestigious awards.

But this is 2016. Critics are questioning why the Nobel judges couldn’t find a single woman across the planet worthy of being honored in any of the six prize categories.

“No woman wins Nobel prize this year. Oh the times they ain’t a-changin’,” Leah Kaminsky, an Australian author and doctor, wrote on Twitter.

Swedish writer and literature professor Ebba Witt-Brattstrom accused the Nobel judges of a lack of imagination after they picked 11 male laureates this year. “It’s deplorable, considering the advances made by women not just in literature but also in science,” she told the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet. …

[AnotherUnixGeek]

ut this is 2016. Critics are questioning why the Nobel judges couldn’t find a single woman across the planet worthy of being honored in any of the six prize categories.

How dare anyone judge by merit instead of by diversity quotas.

[Olog-hai]

I found it ironic that Witt-Brattstrom used Hillary’s “deplorable” term.

[Vaquero]

[Jim Noble]

But this is 2016

So?

In terms of abilities, interests, and achievements, it's the same as 1816, or 1216, or 216, or 2016 B.C., for that matter.

[Jim Noble]

But this is 2016

So?

In terms of abilities, interests, and achievements, it's the same as 1816, or 1216, or 216, or 2016 B.C., for that matter.

[trebb]

That’s OK some of them are sissy boys - even Obama “won” a Nobel....

[bgill]

Women should stand up and cheer. Who wants to be part of that sorry line up? Hey, our Terrorist in Chief got the Peace Prize for gosh sake.

[I want the USA back]

No transsexuals or Spanish-speaking muzlims either.

[Doche2X2]

If there is a woman, or man, who can write words, “Poetry for the ear”,as the Academy’s secretary said, like Dylan, I would like to know, because I would like to read them.

[libh8er]

But are homosexuals being sufficiently represented in the lineup ? Such an esteemed body must not reek of homophobia.

[libh8er]

But are homosexuals being sufficiently represented in the lineup ? Such an esteemed body must not reek of homophobia.

[dasboot]

I nominate the DumpCake Lady.

[Organic Panic]

The Nobel committee doesn’t have binders full of women to chose from. But I’m surprised Frau Merkel didn’t get the peace prize for her diversification of Germany.