article_snippet: That was the firm message from the German ambassador in New Delhi after a professor back home was accused of turning down a male Indian student's application for an internship due to the South Asian nation's "rape problem.
article_snippet: the University of Leipzig points out four of Professor Annette Beck-Sickinger 30 students and two of Professor Annette Beck-Sickinger laboratory interns come from India;
article_snippet: 44 Indian students total are male.
article_snippet: Still, Professor Annette Beck-Sickinger has admitted making a mistake by engaging the rejected intern candidate with talk about rape in Indian society and how the issue spurred "many (other) female professors in Germany (have) decided to no longer accept male Indian students for these reasons."
article_snippet: I do not have anything against Indian students -- on the contrary.
article_snippet: someone in the University of Leipzig's biochemistry department fell under this provocative headline: "What should an Indian male student do if an Indian male student is denied an internship opportunity on the basis of India being projected as an unsafe country for women?
article_snippet: "Unfortunately I don't accept any Indian male students for internships.
article_snippet: The Indian applicant "didn't accept" this rejection, the University of Leipzig says, and went back-and-forth with Beck-Sickinger over email.
article_snippet: Such incidents have moved other female professors to reject male Indians "and currently other European female associations are joining."
article_snippet: The idea that the professor wouldn't accept male Indians for internships -- as reported by Quora and denied by the University of Leipzig -- riled up some in India, a number of whom wrote on the Quora thread.
article_snippet: Steiner urged Beck-Sickinger "to learn more about the diverse, dynamic and fascinating country and the many welcoming and open-minded people of India so that you could correct a simplistic image, which — in my opinion — is particularly unsuitable for a professor and teacher.
highlights_snippet: Professor notes Professor has Indians in Professor class and interning at Professor laboratory .
  
highlights_snippet: An online post suggests Professor Annette Beck-Sickinger rejected a student over India's "rape problem"
  Professor denies this but does apologize for anyone "hurt" by Professor remarks on Indian society .