She is not a scientist, they are saying -- did they make the same complaint when their boy Stephen Harper appointed Gary Goodyear as Science Minister in 2008, a chiropractor, who promptly oversaw cuts of approximately $148 million in program funding. Oh we all know what great friends of science the former P.M. and his conservatives are -- just ask them about climate change, that international conspiracy of scientists to mug them.
It is never surprising when males smugly dismiss issues of prejudice raised by females, any more than it is when white folks dismiss issues raised by black folks. The good old boys can never figure out "what all the fuss is about." I wonder why. (I welcome their frowning emojis.)