Do women do science differently? And how about feminists--male or
female? The answer to this fraught question, carefully set out in
this provocative book, will startle and enlighten every faction in
the "science wars."
"Has Feminism Changed Science?" is at once a history of women in
science and a frank assessment of the role of gender in shaping
scientific knowledge. Science is both a profession and a body of
knowledge, and Londa Schiebinger looks at how women have fared and
performed in both instances. She first considers the lives of women
scientists, past and present: How many are there? What sciences do
they choose--or have chosen for them? Is the professional culture
of science gendered? And is there something uniquely feminine about
the science women do? Schiebinger debunks the myth that women
scientists--because they are women--are somehow more holistic and
integrative and create more cooperative scientific communities. At
the same time, she details the considerable practical difficulties
that beset women in science, where domestic partnerships, children,
and other demanding concerns can put women's (and increasingly
men's) careers at risk.
But what about the content of science, the heart of
Schiebinger's subject? Have feminist perspectives brought any
positive changes to scientific knowledge? Schiebinger provides a
subtle and nuanced gender analysis of the physical sciences,
medicine, archaeology, evolutionary biology, primatology, and
developmental biology. She also shows that feminist scientists have
developed new theories, asked new questions, and opened new fields
in many of these areas.
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