She dives into decades upon decades of research in archives, literature, and interviews with Professors, and Angela shows that even the most respected scientists, such as Darwin himself, believed that women were inherently inferior. From anthropology and psychology to neuroscience and biology, no stone is left unturned and is thoroughly examined to better understand scientific findings that paint women as inferior to men in a clear and concise way. In this book, she explores the many myths and notions that society has come to accept about men and women, and how sexism has been deeply ingrained into scientific research methods for centuries. Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong – and the New Research That’s Rewriting the StoryĪngela Saini is a science journalist with a background in engineering. Yet I felt that I needed to read this book, to educate myself and understand this topic especially as a woman in science. At first, I wasn’t very compelled to read this book as it’s not the kind of book I typically read and it’s a topic that I tend to avoid reading about. I wasn’t even aware that Inferior existed until I saw a couple of scicomm bloggers I follow on social media post about it. Let me start by saying that this is the first book I’ve ever read about feminism and equality, let alone these two topics in relation to science.
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