Can There Be a Feminist Science and Technology?
Science and engineering are not fully open to participation by women, as
we saw in Chapter 4. Women fuce difficulties entering the education end of
the pipeline, remaining there to build and maintain careers, and developing
their reputation to gain status and prestige. As a result, they are underrepresented,
especially outside of the life sciences. In Western countries some
minority groups· are similarly under-represented, and outside a handful of
technically highly developed countries people face even more substantial
barriers to participation.
Can There Be a Feminist Science and Technology?
Science and engineering are not fully open to participation by women, as
we saw in Chapter 4. Women fuce difficulties entering the education end of
the pipeline, remaining there to build and maintain careers, and developing
their reputation to gain status and prestige. As a result, they are underrepresented,
especially outside of the life sciences. In Western countries some
minority groups· are similarly under-represented, and outside a handful of
technically highly developed countries people face even more substantial
barriers to participation.
Can There Be a Feminist Science and Technology?
Science and engineering are not fully open to participation by women, as
we saw in Chapter 4. Women fuce difficulties entering the education end of
the pipeline, remaining there to build and maintain careers, and developing
their reputation to gain status and prestige. As a result, they are underrepresented,
especially outside of the life sciences. In Western countries some
minority groups· are similarly under-represented, and outside a handful of
technically highly developed countries people face even more substantial
barriers to participation.
7
Feminist Epistemologies
of Science
Can There Be a Feminist Science and Technology?
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From Feminist Empiricism to Standpoint Theory