Science and Feminism

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This paper reviews Londa Schiebinger's "The Mind Has No Sex? Women in the Origins of Modern Science". The paper includes a short introduction of Schiebinger and summarizes the book about feminism in modern science development. The author critiques that, although Schiebinger's arguments are sometimes weak and abrupt; her explanations still help one in understanding patriarchical dominance as the reason why male scientists dominate the field while females lag even today.

From the Paper:

"Londa Schiebinger is a renowned historian and scholar of historical science. Her expertise lies in female gender in science especially in questioning how the female role has contributed to the field of science in history. Most of her historical research focuses on seventeenth and eighteenth century colonial science. Schiebinger's interest lies in identification of how race and sex are defined by social discrimination, and whether these perspectives have any effects on the development of science and gender."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Schiebinger, Londa. The Mind Has No Sex? Women in the Origins of Modern Science. Harvard University Press; Reprint edition (March 1, 1991)

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