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History of Feminism

SheilaT

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2. I have been aware for probably thirty years now that

Reply to ismnotwasm (Original post)

Sun May 18, 2014, 10:55 PM

May 2014

drugs are generally tested on men, and the possibility that women may respond differently has been overlooked.

It's a lot like the assumption that the male viewpoint, or the male behavior is the norm, and that women are simply an aberration. As a woman I've always been greatly bothered by this.

Just for a few minutes stop and think, think about considering women and the female body as the norm and men as the aberration. Never having monthly cycles? How totally bizarre and abnormal. Never being pregnant? How very wrong.

And so on.

Men and women are different. Men can be the norm for males, and women can be the norm for females, but don't ever confuse the two.

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How feminist biology is challenging science's gender biases [View all] ismnotwasm May 2014 OP

ahh, great !! Leme May 2014 #1

I have been aware for probably thirty years now that SheilaT May 2014 #2

Of course, they rationalized by claiming that they could not get assess the merrily May 2014 #4

This has gone on for a very long time. merrily May 2014 #3

Umm, That sounds like a reason why they SHOULD test females. dballance May 2014 #5

There was one Harvard study, a long time ago, that concluded that males have cycles, too. merrily May 2014 #6

Yep, all the ED and Low-T ads on TV and the web point to a "male menopause." dballance May 2014 #14

A lot of the fear is probably cause scientists fear the cycles contributing to noise anti partisan May 2014 #9

You'd think they'd want to know about that, too Warpy May 2014 #11

On the Plus Side. I know I've recently seen more articles on this subject online. dballance May 2014 #15

Dosages are funny. I've seen 80 pound birdie ladies who needed massive doses of morphine Warpy May 2014 #16

Women fall under the 'from Venus' category. ismnotwasm May 2014 #13

Christina Hoff Sommers is a well established asshole. Ignore her. Gravitycollapse May 2014 #7

Oh I do ismnotwasm May 2014 #12

fem groups have been talking about this for decades oldandhappy May 2014 #8

I remember a researcher reacting in sheer horror when I suggested that he needed to include women Warpy May 2014 #10