[Revised entry by Sharon Crasnow on January 28, 2025.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography]
Feminists have critically and constructively reflected upon and engaged with the social and natural sciences in many ways. They have detailed the historically gendered participation of women in the practice of the sciences – the marginalization or exclusion of women from the profession, or disappearance when they have participated. Feminists have also noted how the sciences have been slow to study women’s lives, bodies, and experiences. Thus from both the perspectives agents, and the perspectives of subjects of…

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