HIST 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Lawrence Summers, Carolyn Merchant, Lists Of Transformers Characters
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Tracking consequences in the history of modern science. What counts as regular people changes over time; you have to pay attention to geographical and chronological space. President of harvard university between 2001 and 2006. Gave speech in 2005 about the position of women and people of color in science and engineering, hosted by the national bureau of national research. Stated - fewer women than men in science and engineering for two reasons. Women have a reluctance to work long hours because they often shoulder the responsibility of caregiving and women aren"t willing to make the sacrifice of turning their back on family to advance themselves professionally. Difference in natural aptitude: according to studies, men may just be genetically predisposed to be geniuses (more likely) Said: women might be less likely to be either very good or very bad at science than men. A lot of people were offended in the audience/out of audience.
