This is a thoughtful little essay that asks if gender is unique to humans and if so why. She discusses an extensive array of misconceptions by biologists and evolutionary psychologists. sapiens.org/culture/gender… 1/3
Especially those who fail to recognize the socially conservative ideas that Victorian-age scientists injected into their epistemologies and understanding of the natural world. Their often young and overly positivist heirs thus tend to perpetuate harmful stereotypes about… 2/3
… humans and animals. One example for this amalgamation of (regressive) human values and value lead observation is the title of @Frollein_VogelV|s talk “Geschlecht ist nicht (Ge)schlecht,
Sex, Gender und warum es in der Bio-
logie zwei Geschlechter gibt” (3/3).
Sex, Gender und warum es in der Bio-
logie zwei Geschlechter gibt” (3/3).
This is one of the reasons why #HPS, sociology of science, and #STS are important for the curricula of STEM study programs.
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