Biology And Feminism
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Feminism And Evolutionary Biology
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Author : Patricia Gowaty
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Feminism And Evolutionary Biology written by Patricia Gowaty and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
Standing at the intersection of evolutionary biology and feminist theory is a large audience interested in the questions one field raises for the other. Have evolutionary biologists worked largely or strictly within a masculine paradigm, seeing males as evolving and females as merely reacting passively or carried along with the tide? Would our view of nature `red in tooth in claw' be different if women had played a larger role in the creation of evolutionary theory and through education in its transmission to younger generations? Is there any such thing as a feminist science or feminist methodology? For feminists, does any kind of biological determinism undermine their contention that gender roles purely constructed, not inherent in the human species? Does the study of animals have anything to say to those preoccupied with the evolution and behavior of humans? All these questions and many more are addressed by this book, whose contributing authors include leading scholars in both feminism and evolutionary biology. Bound to be controversial, this book is addressed to evolutionary biologists and to feminists and to the large number of people interested in women's studies.
Biology And Feminism
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Author : Lynn Hankinson Nelson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-09-07
Biology And Feminism written by Lynn Hankinson Nelson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-07 with Science categories.
A balanced and accessible introduction to the engagements that feminist scientists and science scholars undertake with a variety of biological sciences.
Biology Feminism
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Author : Sue Vilhauer Rosser
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Release Date : 1992
Biology Feminism written by Sue Vilhauer Rosser and has been published by Macmillan Reference USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Social Science categories.
The link between biology and feminism is well established in history. Even as recently as the nineteenth century, preeminent men of science employed skewed biological theorizing to explain the disadvantaged position of women in our society. These male scientists argued that women are mentally inferior to men by design of evolution. They erroneously "proved" that the female of the human species has a relatively smaller brain than the male, attributing this "difference" to the fact that the energy that women use to reproduce is drawn off at the expense of their intellectual development. At odds with nineteenth-century feminist critics, men such as Freud, Darwin, Broca, and Spencer did not assign the supposed inferiority of women to such factors as their decreased access to education, believing instead that tangible biological differences subjugated women to men. In the latter part of the twentieth century we again see a link between biology and feminism that expresses itself through women's health issues, reproductive rights, and ecofeminism. In Biology and Feminism: A Dynamic Interaction, Sue V. Rosser offers an intriguing explanation of the possible bias of biological theories. Rosser maintains that the modern scientific method, accepted as objective and factual, may instead be colored by the values and assumptions of the traditional, male scientist. Her study offers critiques of the traditional scientific research method from the viewpoint of a number of different feminist theories. Rosser also details the contribution of several eminent women of science, past and present, to illustrate the impact of feminism on biological theories, and points out that ironically, biology has had amuch greater impact on feminism than feminism has had on biology. Finding that the standard methods of teaching biology have changed little, Rosser presents models for transforming curricula. Her proposed changes aim to identify and correct unconscious biases and teach student store spect differences. Embracing a wide range of studies, this innovative and thoughtful commentary will be of use to biology, health sciences, women's studies, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and history students alike.
Women Feminism And Biology
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Author : Lynda I. A. Birke
language : en
Publisher: New York : Methuen
Release Date : 1986
Women Feminism And Biology written by Lynda I. A. Birke and has been published by New York : Methuen this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Social Science categories.
Feminism And The Biological Body
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Author : Lynda Birke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1999
Feminism And The Biological Body written by Lynda Birke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Science categories.
Bodies may be currently fashionable in social and feminist theory, but their insides are not. Biological bodies always seem to drop out of debates about the body and its importance in Western culture.
Im Partial Science
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Author : Bonnie Spanier
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 1995
Im Partial Science written by Bonnie Spanier and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Science categories.
Best known today for her nature writing and southwestern cultural studies, Mary Hunter Austin (1868-1934) has been increasingly recognized for her outspoken essays on feminist themes. This volume collects her nonfiction journalism, with each essay prefaced by brief introductory remarks by the editor. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Biological Politics
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Author : Janet Sayers
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 1982
Biological Politics written by Janet Sayers and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Social Science categories.
Presents biological arguments against and in support of the claims of feminism, and discusses the importance of biological factors in the current position of women in society
The Politics Of Women S Biology
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Author : Ruth Hubbard
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 1990
The Politics Of Women S Biology written by Ruth Hubbard and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Health & Fitness categories.
In this work the author explores the social and political assumptions of biology, and genetics in particular. She examines the ways biologists use scientific language, use genetics, and apply it to human situations, especially to women's situations.
Molecular Feminisms
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Author : Deboleena Roy
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2018-11-10
Molecular Feminisms written by Deboleena Roy and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-10 with Social Science categories.
�Should feminists clone?� �What do neurons think about?� �How can we learn from bacterial writing?� These provocative questions have haunted neuroscientist and molecular biologist Deboleena Roy since her early days of research when she was conducting experiments on an in vitro cell line using molecular biology techniques. An expert natural scientist as well as an intrepid feminist theorist, Roy takes seriously the expressive capabilities of biological �objects��such as bacteria and other human, nonhuman, organic, and inorganic actants�in order to better understand processes of becoming. She also suggests that renewed interest in matter and materiality in feminist theory must be accompanied by new feminist approaches that work with the everyday, nitty-gritty research methods and techniques in the natural sciences. By practicing science as feminism at the lab bench, Roy creates an interdisciplinary conversation between molecular biology, Deleuzian philosophies, science and technology studies, feminist theory, posthumanism, and postcolonial and decolonial studies. In Molecular Feminisms she brings insights from feminist and cultural theory together with lessons learned from the capabilities and techniques of bacteria, subcloning, and synthetic biology to o er tools for how we might approach nature anew. In the process she demonstrates that learning how to see the world around us is also always about learning how to encounter that world.
Science And Gender
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Author : Ruth Bleier
language : en
Publisher: Pergamon
Release Date : 1984
Science And Gender written by Ruth Bleier and has been published by Pergamon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Biology categories.
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