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Is this how you attract girls to science?

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By Lisa Strawbridge - email

An ad campaign by the European Commission was pulled after backlash for using lipstick and runways to attract girls to science.

The original post was pulled from YouTube, but another copy was posted by a third party.

View the video through a YouTube link.

Additionally, astronomer Dr. Meghan Gray was so bothered by the ad, she posted her own 9-minute video contradicting it.

View Dr. Gray's ad through a YouTube link.

This story was found on Mashable.

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