Why Science Is Sexist

Author : Nicola Gaston
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780908321667

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Why Science Is Sexist by Nicola Gaston Pdf

Science changes the world because the creation of knowledge opens up new pathways for us to explore new ways of doing things, and new questions to ask. My optimism lies in the fact that I think that the answer to why science is sexist does all of these things. In this eye-opening BWB Text, Nicola Gaston, President of the New Zealand Association of Scientists, reveals the ways in which the discipline of science is sexist. From the under-representation of women to the argument that mental capabilities are gendered, Gaston demonstrates the extent of our unconscious bias against female scientists, and warns of its damaging consequences for science and for society. In asking what can be done to combat this bias, she calls for us to rethink not just our attitudes towards gender, but also towards scientific knowledge and inquiry.

Author : M. Ruse
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400984431

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Is Science Sexist? by M. Ruse Pdf

Philosophy of biology has a long and honourable history. Indeed, like most of the great intellectual achievements of the Western World, it goes back to the Greeks. However, until recently in this century, it was sadly neglected. With a few noteworthy exceptions, someone wishing to delve into the subject had to choose between extremes of insipid vitalism on the one hand, and sterile formalizations of the most elementary biological principles on the other. Whilst philosophy of physics pushed confidently ahead, the philosophy of biology languished. In the past decade, however, things have changed dramatically. A number of energetic and thoughtful young philosophers have made real efforts to master the outlines and details of contemporary biology. They have shown that many stimulating problems emerge when analytic skills are turned towards the life-sciences, particularly if one does not feeI con strained to stay only with theoretical parts of biology, but can range over to more medical parts of the spectrum. At the same time, biology itself has had one of the most fruitful yet turbulent periods in its whole history, and more and more biologists have grown to see that many of the problems they face take them beyond the narrow confines of empiric al science: a broader perspective is needed.

Author : Angela Saini
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780807071700

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Inferior by Angela Saini Pdf

What science has gotten so shamefully wrong about women, and the fight, by both female and male scientists, to rewrite what we thought we knew For hundreds of years it was common sense: women were the inferior sex. Their bodies were weaker, their minds feebler, their role subservient. No less a scientist than Charles Darwin asserted that women were at a lower stage of evolution, and for decades, scientists—most of them male, of course—claimed to find evidence to support this. Whether looking at intelligence or emotion, cognition or behavior, science has continued to tell us that men and women are fundamentally different. Biologists claim that women are better suited to raising families or are, more gently, uniquely empathetic. Men, on the other hand, continue to be described as excelling at tasks that require logic, spatial reasoning, and motor skills. But a huge wave of research is now revealing an alternative version of what we thought we knew. The new woman revealed by this scientific data is as strong, strategic, and smart as anyone else. In Inferior, acclaimed science writer Angela Saini weaves together a fascinating—and sorely necessary—new science of women. As Saini takes readers on a journey to uncover science’s failure to understand women, she finds that we’re still living with the legacy of an establishment that’s just beginning to recover from centuries of entrenched exclusion and prejudice. Sexist assumptions are stubbornly persistent: even in recent years, researchers have insisted that women are choosy and monogamous while men are naturally promiscuous, or that the way men’s and women’s brains are wired confirms long-discredited gender stereotypes. As Saini reveals, however, groundbreaking research is finally rediscovering women’s bodies and minds. Inferior investigates the gender wars in biology, psychology, and anthropology, and delves into cutting-edge scientific studies to uncover a fascinating new portrait of women’s brains, bodies, and role in human evolution.

Author : Nancy Tuana
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1989-11-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0253113385

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Feminism and Science by Nancy Tuana Pdf

"... thoughtful critiques of the myriad issues between women and science." -- Belles Lettres "Outstanding collection of essays that raise the fundamental questions of gender in what we have been taught are objective sciences." -- WATERwheel "... all of the articles are well written, informative, and convincing. Admirable editorial work makes this anthology unusually helpful for scholars and students... Highly recommended... " -- Choice Questioning the objectivity of scientific inquiry, this volume addresses the scope of gender bias in science. The contributors examine the ways in which science is affected by and reinforces sexist biases. The essays reveal science to be a cultural institution, structured by the political, social, and economic values of the culture within which it is practiced.

Author : Evelyn Reed
Publisher : Pathfinder
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39015038906742

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Sexism & Science by Evelyn Reed Pdf

Are human beings innately aggressive? Does biology condemn women to remain the "second sex?" Taking up such biases cloaked as the findings of science, Reed explains that the disciplines closest to human life-anthropology, biology, and sociology-are permeated with rationalizations for the oppression of women and the maintenance of the established capitalist order. "A stimulating corrective to establishment academic doctrine and popular scientific vagaries. Recommended for scientific, women's, as well as nonspecialist collections." -Library Journal "An enjoyable book …. Reed shows, clearly and beautifully, how the mind of the scientist-usually male, white and middle-class-filters and processes the so-called facts …. [I]ntensely readable for non-specialists, but also stimulating for those who are not unfamiliar with the subject …. This is the sort of book that one should own, one should read, and one should pass along."-Status of Women News "Provides a useful antidote to obscurantic nonsense perpetrated by Ardrey, Morris and … Lionel Tiger."-Emergency Librarian "Dissects [Claude Levi-Strauss's] theses with precision and elegance."-News from Neasden Glossary, bibliography, index.

Author : Ruth Bleier
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Science
ISBN : MINN:31951000988670P

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Science and Gender by Ruth Bleier Pdf

Bleier (neurophysiology, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) dissects the theme of women's biological inferiority contending that science has been engaged in elaborate mythologizing to explain the subordinate position of women in Western civilizations since Aristotle. Exploring the scientific and ideological bases of contemporary theories in gender differences, the author critically examines studies in sociobiology, sex differences in brain structure and cognitive function, human cultural evolution, anthropology, and sexuality. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Sandra G. Harding
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0801493633

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The Science Question in Feminism by Sandra G. Harding Pdf

Can science, steeped in Western, masculine, bourgeois endeavors, nevertheless be used for emancipatory ends? In this major contribution to the debate over the role gender plays in the scientific enterprise, Sandra Harding pursues that question, challenging the intellectual and social foundations of scientific thought.Harding provides the first comprehensive and critical survey of the feminist science critiques, and examines inquiries into the androcentricism that has endured since the birth of modern science. Harding critiques three epistemological approaches: feminist empiricism, which identifies only bad science as the problem; the feminist standpoint, which holds that women's social experience provides a unique starting point for discovering masculine bias in science; and feminist postmodernism, which disputes the most basic scientific assumptions. She points out the tensions among these stances and the inadequate concepts that inform their analyses, yet maintains that the critical discourse they foster is vital to the quest for a science informed by emancipatory morals and politics.

Author : Naomi Oreskes
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691212265

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Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes Pdf

Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthy Are doctors right when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when so many of our political leaders don't? Naomi Oreskes offers a bold and compelling defense of science, revealing why the social character of scientific knowledge is its greatest strength—and the greatest reason we can trust it. Tracing the history and philosophy of science from the late nineteenth century to today, this timely and provocative book features a new preface by Oreskes and critical responses by climate experts Ottmar Edenhofer and Martin Kowarsch, political scientist Jon Krosnick, philosopher of science Marc Lange, and science historian Susan Lindee, as well as a foreword by political theorist Stephen Macedo.

Author : Mary Morse
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780465012244

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Women Changing Science by Mary Morse Pdf

An eye-opening and honest look at the enduring sexism within the scientific community and what women are doing to change it.

Author : Janet A. Kourany
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015050764144

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The Gender of Science by Janet A. Kourany Pdf

The only book of its kind, The Gender of Science inspires readers to critically reflect on science in order to help them become more socially responsible in their dealings with science. Provides a diversity of scientific fields and aspects of science. Ideal for anyone interested in learning about gender and science, the philosophy of science, science, technology, and values, and in gender studies/women's studies.

Author : Heidi E. Grasswick
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781402068355

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Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science by Heidi E. Grasswick Pdf

Having enjoyed more than twenty years of development, feminist epistemology and philosophy of science are now thriving fields of inquiry, offering current scholars a rich tradition from which to draw. In addition to a recognition of the power of knowledge itself and its effects on women’s lives, a central feature of feminist epistemology and philosophy of science has been the attention they draw to the role of power dynamics within knowledge-seeking practices and the implications of these dynamics for our understandings of knowledge, science, and epistemology. Feminist Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: Power in Knowledge collects new works that address today’s key challenges for a power-sensitive feminist approach to questions of knowledge and scientific practice. The essays build upon established work in feminist epistemology and philosophy of science, offering new developments in the fields, and representing the broad array of the feminist work now being done and the many ways in which feminists incorporate power dynamics into their analyses.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine,Committee on Increasing the Number of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM)
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309498241

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Promising Practices for Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine,Committee on Increasing the Number of Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine (STEMM) Pdf

Careers in science, engineering, and medicine offer opportunities to advance knowledge, contribute to the well-being of communities, and support the security, prosperity, and health of the United States. But many women do not pursue or persist in these careers, or advance to leadership positions - not because they lack the talent or aspirations, but because they face barriers, including: implicit and explicit bias; sexual harassment; unequal access to funding and resources; pay inequity; higher teaching and advising loads; and fewer speaking invitations, among others. There are consequences from this underrepresentation of women for the nation as well: a labor shortage in many science, engineering, and medical professions that cannot be filled unless institutions and organizations recruit from a broad and diverse talent pool; lost opportunities for innovation and economic gain; and lost talent as a result of discrimination, unconscious bias, and sexual harassment. Promising Practices for Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine reviews and synthesizes existing research on policies, practices, programs, and other interventions for improving the recruitment, retention, and sustained advancement into leadership roles of women in these disciplines. This report makes actionable recommendations to leverage change and drive swift, coordinated improvements to the systems of education, research, and employment in order to improve both the representation and leadership of women.

Author : Richard P. Feynman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393355680

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"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman Pdf

One of the most famous science books of our time, the phenomenal national bestseller that "buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist" (Science Digest). Richard P. Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. In this lively work that “can shatter the stereotype of the stuffy scientist” (Detroit Free Press), Feynman recounts his experiences trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets—and much more of an eyebrow-raising nature. In his stories, Feynman’s life shines through in all its eccentric glory—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah. Included for this edition is a new introduction by Bill Gates.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Minorities in engineering
ISBN : STANFORD:36105003621922

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Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cordelia Fine
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780393253887

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Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society by Cordelia Fine Pdf

“Beliefs about men and women are as old as humanity itself, but Fine’s funny, spiky book gives reason to hope that we’ve heard Testosterone rex’s last roar.” —Annie Murphy Paul, New York Times Book Review Many people believe that, at its core, biological sex is a fundamental force in human development. According to this false-yet-familiar story, the divisions between men and women are in nature alone and not part of culture. Drawing on evolutionary science, psychology, neuroscience, endocrinology, and philosophy, Testosterone Rex disproves this ingrained myth and calls for a more equal society based on both sexes’ full human potential.