Personally I do not agree with sex being brought into science at all. The idea of 'women and science' is entirely irrelevant. Either a woman is a good scientist, or she is not; in any case she should be given opportunities, and her work should be studied from the scientific, not the sex, point of viewHertha Ayrton
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The idea of “women and science” is entirely irrelevant. When asked to provide a definition of science, most people would probably think of it as the study of the natural world. Science is also considered to be a field where the results are reproducible through any experiment. There are many other fields where it is apparent that sex plays a role.
Math, for instance, has women dominating the top positions at all levels -- from undergraduates to postdoctoral fellows. And yet, there are no “women and math” movements erupting around the world. Why? Possibly because the majority of people consider science to be a field devoid of sex, independent of who participates in it.
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