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History of Feminism

merrily

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4. Of course, they rationalized by claiming that they could not get assess the

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #2)

Mon May 19, 2014, 12:09 AM

May 2014

effects drug because they did not know how to adjust for female hormones. They didn't know how to adjust for male hormones, either, but that apparently never occurred to them.

Nor did it occur to them that they had a duty to test a drug on women as well as on men before okaying it for use by everyone, if they thought a drug might affect women differently.

But, what do you expect when you convince women that their role is housewife, then keep them out of colleges and professions? And then, they complain about affirmative action!

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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