gender evidece Flashcards
(28 cards)
londa schiebinger
2012; getting more women into science
looks at 1, participation, 2 culture and 3. results of science (practice of creating equality)
- difference feminism is still unhelpful
barnaby 2006
aritifical knee for WOMENS needs
NY history musuem exhibition
1996; human biology and evolution
- bigger footprints portrayed by man and little by woman although no way of knowing gender
academic committe on women in science and engineering 1991
- attempt to ‘fix’ women by making them more competitive/negotiable in mans world
advance grants
instutional changes to transform UNI cultures in 2005 to remove gender bias in hirigin
womens healths revoultions fallacy
1982 study of effect of aspirin on heart disease only had men; outcomes meant women has adverse effects/higher risks with the drug
biology and gender
- textbooks culturally frame it; emily martin 1991
sexism in paleantology
lori hager; 90% of aboriginal australian remains sexed as male/larger fossils
AJ Vandermeyan
- pervasive harrasment and sexual behaviour- unfair salary distribution
- all tesla chiefs by men
KRITI SHARMA
CAR SAFTEY; DOESNT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FEMALE DUMMIES
naomi climer
kids might ask mums to help fix thigns
chairman anderson
health apps target periods, pockets in clothing
google represtnation
2013; had training programm to fight cultural bias
only 19% women in 2017, 5% Black/Hispanic
ana redmound
left due to hostile and unwelcoming workplace environment in 2015; even though qualified in tech
european commission
cultural; science its a girls thing 2012
- aim to get GIRLS into science (positive intention)= negative reaction (twitter; ‘utterly offended’)
result: had to remove video and issue apology
* Gaia Vince; girls told its a boys thing; discourcged from it 2015
silicony valley
bro macho cultur ein tech world
immanuel kant 1847
women in science just men without beards
dorothy hodkins
has three children and husband, given maternity leave to do work
rosalind franklin
left out of dna crystologpraphy
watson/crick win noble prize; waston descrbies her as ‘possible attractive/could be stunning if she tried’ (1968)
women professors developments
1995: 3%
2005: 8.7%
medicine women
80% at undergrad, only 19% professors
sismondo 2014 on leaky pipeline
not the right metaphor; its an issue of blockage/exclusion processes
larrry summers
2005; says women are underpresrestend becasue fo high powered jobs, long hours, aptitute at high ened and discrimmination
swedish medical reserach council 1995
conducted peer review study; showed men scored less than men in same categories; shows that gender STILL impacts ratings; no biological evidence for competence therefore