[agentaika]

cosmopolitan.com Wrote:

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is trying to end sexism with science. The college announced the launch of a "feminist biology" post-doctoral fellowship, in which students will attempt to "uncover and reverse gender bias in biology," according to the official release.

"We aren’t doing science well if we ignore the ideas and research of people who aren’t male, white, straight, or rich," Caroline VanSickle, the program’s first student, wrote in an email to Campus Reform. "Feminist science seeks to improve our understanding of the world by including people with different viewpoints."

The program has its critics — those who think it is more political than scientific. "Women are hardly ignored in biology," Christina Goff Sommers of the conservative American Enterprise Institute said in an episode of her series The Factual Feminist, the College Fix reported. "In fact, they have far surpassed men in earning biology degrees. This new program is not about getting more women into the field. It’s about promoting women with the right worldview."

UWM’s program begins this September.

[Mike5055]

I think one of my favorite moments at UW-Madison is when the student government denied funding for the Campus Women's Center.

I'm still confused how biology can be feminist and not feminist. I guess the pancreas is a misogynist.

[TheKantian]

(06-09-2014 12:29 PM)Mike5055 Wrote:  

I think one of my favorite moments at UW-Madison is when the student government denied funding for the Campus Women's Center.

I'm still confused how biology can be feminist and not feminist. I guess the pancreas is a misogynist.

Biology isn't sexist. This is just a women studies program that is aimed to destroy science.

Much like the feminist attack on physics was aimed to destroy physics.

[Dusty]

Science based on "feelings" instead of patriarchal "hard evidence."

[TheFinalEpic]

No matter what scientific backing they find, there will always be a wall at age 30.

[Trim]

The scientific community is, while not perfect, is pretty good at sniffing out nonsense and exposing it. Feminist science won't get very far.

[Truth Teller]

Science has always been co-opted for political gain. This is yet another example of that.

[Trim]

I think it will correct itself in the long run. It's not politically correct to say women are weaker than men physically, but whenever I've seen a feminist claim it's false, scientists have called them out on it.

[Dr. Howard]

I'm sure this program will not shut down the alcoholic paradise that is state street. I've been nowhere else where a university campus is connected to the workplace of young professionals by a street full of bars. It was a poosy paradise, where you could get drinks for $1.

[runsonmagic]

Like any powerful religion, they have their own version of science.

[Parlay44]

Let them have their toys and play quietly in the corner. Just smile and applaud once in a while.

[Hotwheels]

Madison has been called the Berkeley of the Midwest for years. It's amazing how different sensibilities are just 30 miles away.

If not for Madison and Milwaukee this state would be a Republican lock.

And State Street is still a poosy paradise.

[Emancipator]

Don't they know? Mother Nature isn't a feminist