Science and Technology Studies is…
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It’s nice to know what it is I’m studying/practicing, exactly.
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September 2nd, 2003 at 12:35 am
science and technology studies is sponsoring a conference on such gripping issues as “the modern woman and her sanitary napkin
See, and this is why you guys are so vital to the future well-being of man.
September 2nd, 2003 at 12:53 am
The funny thing is that I’d seen that line, thought “Hey, I know some people who write smart stuff on the history of feminine hygiene” and moved on, but when I go back, the text originally comes from a reference to a conference I’d in fact helped organize.
Plus, in this particular case, I’d think it’s a little more about the future well-being of woman, but gender’s just a social construct anyways, eh?
September 2nd, 2003 at 11:03 am
Speaking of the ‘social construct’ question, I just read Michael Bailey’s ‘The Man Who Would Be Queen’, and it really changed some ways I was thinking about that issue. Bailey deals with the science of gender and sexual orientation (and he probably ends up answering your question in the negative). The best part is you can read it online for free:
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309084180/html/
September 3rd, 2003 at 8:53 pm
science and technology studies is what i study. well more or less with some exceptions, more on the sts side than mine, you know how it is;0