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In March 2015, media reports appeared showing email messages sent by German Professor Annette Beck-Sickinger, the head of the biochemistry department at Leipzig University, to an anonymous male internship applicant from India. According to the released email texts, Beck-Sickinger does not accept ''“any Indian male students for internships”'', and ''“many female professors in Germany decided to no longer accept male Indian students”''. She references India's "rape problem" as the reason for not accepting any Indian male applicant for internships. Beck-Sickinger has described the released text as taken out of context but says she "made a mistake" in the incident.〔 Subsequently, an additional anonymous Indian student released emails that appeared to show similar commentary made by Beck-Sickinger in 2014.〔 The alleged messages were publicly condemned in an open letter from German ambassador to India Michael Steiner. The incident occurred shortly before a scheduled official visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the invitation of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. == First disclosure – 2015 == Reports alleging that a university professor in Germany does not accept ''“any Indian male students for internships”'', and that ''“many female professors in Germany decided to no longer accept male Indian students”''〔http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/german-professor-rejects-indian-student-due-to-the-countrys-rape-problem-10095607.html〕 surfaced on social media in early March 2015. Screen-shots of e-mails, allegedly sent by Annette Beck-Sickinger of the Institute of Biochemistry at Leipzig University, appeared to show that she explained her actions by reference to India's 'culture of rape'.〔http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/09/german-professor-triggers-controversy-by-citing-indias-rape-problem-in-e-mail-to-rejected-indian-applicant/ German professor cites India’s ‘rape problem’ in rejection of Indian applicant (Washington Post)〕〔(Germany: Professor denies Indian internship citing his country's 'rape problem' (Indian Business Times) )〕 News reports stated that Huffington Post India contacted Prof. Beck-Sickinger who confirmed that the e-mails were real but insists that they were taken out of context.〔〔http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/03/09/leipzig-university-apolog_n_6829270.html〕 On 9 March 2015, the German ambassador to India, Michael Steiner, rebuked Beck-Sickinger's opinions as oversimplified and discriminative.〔 Steiner's apology contrasted that of the rector of Leipzig University,〔(Biochemie-Professorin Annette Beck-Sickinger entschuldigt sich für Äußerungen (University Leipzig) German )〕〔(Rektorin der Uni Leipzig hält an Professorin fest (Süddeutsche Zeitung) German )〕 Professor Beate Schücking, who offered support for Beck-Sickinger's apology: ''“Her comments on the issue of violence against women in India were not her first answer but were made in reply to a provocative e-mail which followed the initial e-mail. To say it clearly: I do not tolerate these comments. However, I accept Professor Beck-Sickinger's excuse. And I can say: the published e-mail has obviously been faked.”''.〔(Published e-mail has obviously been faked (Leipzig University) German )〕〔(India's 'rape problem' a problem for Leipzig University (Deutsche Welle) 10 March 2015 )〕 Beate Schücking refused to speculate about consequences because the issue was currently being reviewed internally by her office and the Council of Deans and would be subject to review by the Academic Senate. Besides Prof. Schücking, the students council of the Leipzig University had the chance to review all relevant e-mails. A statement was published saying that the student was rejected for formal reasons and in reply to the refusal, the student provoked a discussion about social and cultural problems in India. The mail which was initially published by the student is claimed to be fake, or a "mashup",〔http://stura.uni-leipzig.de/news/statement-der-causa-beck-sickinger〕 though in earlier press reports〔〔 the professor herself is reported to have confirmed that the mail is not a hoax. While Leipzig University has declined to release the full text of the emails due to privacy issues,〔(BBC Trending:"Second student allegedly rejected because of India's 'rape problem'" )〕 it released a statement in which it explained that the applicant had been rejected because there were no further internship openings, but had continued to converse with Beck-Sickinger by email. Beck-Sickinger released a statement in which she apologized for the incident, said she had "made a mistake", and pointed out that Indian students were members of both her research group and the internship program, but did not specify their genders.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leipzig University internship controversy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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