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Talking tongues, detecting beer, and shifting perspectives on females

Science Magazine Podcast

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The Role of Feminism in the Evolution of Science

I think feminist scientists are often reflective about the biases in the field they're working, but also the possible biases that they may well themselves carry. One example is Randi Thornhill, which I thought was interesting because he has both presented this female centered hypothesis and published a book called Natural History of Rape. So when I interviewed him, it turns out that he has watched these singing flies, and he watched the males coheursing the females intimating,. But he also noticed how the females were having their strategies. How the females were disrupting these meetings and influencing in different ways, which sperm came to fertilize their eggs. In that sense, I really bring in the social sciences into the

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