I hate pro forma apologies. I hate fake apologies.
If you have really hurt someone, and you are really sorry about it, then of course you apologize. But if all you’ve done is offend the permanently outraged, then never apologize. Never.
Good point... kind of a pearls before swine kind of thing.
I can kind of see why he might have sported that shirt. He was saying astrophysical science is sexy. I might disagree about how appropriate that is, but to complain about putting women down is only half the story. How about putting men down, by acting as if you presumed this would appeal to them?