Tag Archives: Let Toys be Toys

What Voice?

It is more than 40 years since the American psychologist Carol Gilligan wrote her book, In a Different Voice, challenging the view that women were morally less developed than men, pointing out this difference arose because the schema had been … Continue reading

Posted in Women in Science | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off on What Voice?

Get a Life

I should have known better. At the Hay Festival last week, as my last post alluded to, I mentioned the gendering of toys. This point was one of many I tried to put across during my talk on why the … Continue reading

Posted in Communicating Science, Women in Science | Tagged , , | 4 Comments