Women, Science, and Technology: A Reader in Feminist Science Studies

Women, Science, and Technologyis an ideal readerfor courses infeminist science studies, science studies more generally, women’s studies, and studies ingender and education.This second editionfully updatesits predecessor, dropping ten readings and replacing them with new ones that:

• extend contentcoverage into areas not originally included, such as reproductive, agricultural,medical and imaging technologies
• reflect new feminist theory and research on biology, language, the global economy and the intersection of race and class with gender
• provide current statistical information about the representation of women and people of colour in science, technology, engineering and mathematics
• are more accessible for students.

Section introductionshave also been fully updated to cover the latest controversies, such as Harvard president Lawrence Summers’ widely debated discussion about women and science and the current debatessurrounding reports on the low numbers offemale engineers.