Not only all male but what about minorities, especially blacks? The transgendered? Out homosexuals? The lack of diversity, balance, and proper group representation is a disgrace and clearly indicative of white straight male chauvinism. I bet the judges are all crypto fundamentalist Christians. As for you who think the awards are based on achievement, at least in the sciences, you have just revealed yourself as a reactionary knuckle dragging political Neanderthal.

Zitat

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STOCKHOLM (AP) -- 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.

Since the first Nobel Prizes were handed out in 1901, 833 men and 48 women have received the honor. Economics has the worst gender balance, with only one female laurate. The peace prize and the literature prize have the highest numbers of female winners: 16 and 14, respectively.

Still, the Nobel committees insist gender is not a factor when they pick winners.

"We don't look at gender. We look at scientific discoveries," said Sara Snogerup Linse, the chairwoman of the Nobel chemistry committee.

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/N...-10-14-08-37-10''

They look at "scientific discoveries". Ha! If that were so, the awardees would be far more representative of the world's population.