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Women participation in science: a critical argument for and against |
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Author(s): |
Elyse Ruest-Archambault |
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Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
E.Ruest-Archambault @ sussex.ac.uk |
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WASD 2006 Proceedings pp. 148 - 158 |
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The question of women participation in science is of particular relevance to science policy making, as data and statistics indicate the need for government intervention. This paper concentrates on analysing the Pros and Cons of women participation in science. There are four main categories of arguments favourable to and against women participation in science: economic growth, equal opportunity, biological dissimilarities and finally, particular (dis)ability to do science differently. From a liberal feminist perspective and a realist constructivist viewpoint, arguments favourable to women's participation in science outnumber those against it. These arguments demonstrate the need for gender conscious as well as women-oriented policies. |
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