Scientific difference.
Title: Scientific difference.
Category: /Social Sciences
Details: Words: 3056 | Pages: 11 (approximately 235 words/page)
Scientific difference.
Category: /Social Sciences
Details: Words: 3056 | Pages: 11 (approximately 235 words/page)
ABSTRACT
American research on women's scientific underrepresentation has relied mainly on studies in the
United States, survey-type research and Western cultural models. This paucity of cross-cultural
data, especially from non-western cultures, impedes our understanding of cross- cultural
variations in the science gender gap and significant cultural variability within American society.
This paper reports results of anthropologically-oriented research exploring how the cultural and
social context in which science is learned and practiced contributes to the gendering
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ditions which include patrifocal family systems. Most
importantly, the India research results strikingly illustrate the need for more cross-cultural,
cross-national studies of the educational and science gender gap. As American (and European)
scholars, we must be continuously on guard against ethnocentrically assuming that our own
cultural models are extendible to other cultural contexts. This is particularly important when
such research is being used to design international programs to increase women's participation
in science and technology.