Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction: Science, Technology, and Feminism

SECTION 1: High Hopes, Broken Promises, and Persistence: Educating Women for Science and Engineering Careers

Education: Out of the Frying Pan …

The Anomaly of a Woman in Physics Evelyn Fox Keller

Never Meant to Survive, A Black Woman's Journey: An Interview with Evelynn Hammonds Aimée Sands

Snow Brown and the Seven Detergents Banu Subramaniam

The Shoulders of Giants Dara Horn

Careers: … And into the Fire

Nepotism and Sexism in Peer Review Christine Wennerás and Agnes Wold

Nine Decades, Nine Women, Ten Nobel Prizes: Gender Politics at the Apex of Science Hilary Rose

Asian Americans and the Gender Gap in Science and Technology Jackyung Lee

Walking a Tightrope: The Feminist Life of a Drosophila Biologist Marta Wayne

SECTION 2: Stereotypes, Rationality, and Masculinity

Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals, Carol Cohn

Science, Sex, and Stereotypical Images in Scientific Advertising Mary Barbercheck

The Aliens Have Landed! Reflections on the Rhetoric of Biological Invasions Banu Subramaniam

The Power and the Pleasure? A Research Agenda for "Making Gender Stick" to Engineers Wendy Faulkner

SECTION 3: Technologies Born of Difference: How Ideas about Women and Men Shape Science and Technology

A Medical Fit for Contraceptives Andrea Tone

Sociobiology, Biological Determinism and Human Behavior Ruth Bleier

The Medical Construction of Gender: Case Management of Intersexed Infants Suzanne Kessler

The Bare Bones of Sex: Sex and Gender Anne Fausto-Sterling

SECTION 4: The Next Generation: Bringing Feminist Perspectives into Science and Technology Studies

Gender and Science: An Update Evelyn Fox Keller

The Paradox of Feminist Primatology Linda Fedigan

Socially Camouflaged Technologies: The Case of the Electromechanical Vibrator Rachel Maines

On the Cutting Edge: Cosmetic Surgery and New Imaging Technologies Anne Balsamo

SECTION 5: Reproducible Insights: Women Creating Knowledge, Social Policy, and Change with Elizabeth Adams and Jennifer Schneider

Engendering Environmental Thinking: A Feminist Analysis of the Present Crisis Ruth Perry

Fulfilling Technology’s Promise: Enforcing the Rights of Women Caught in the Global High-Tech Underclass Shruti Rana

Premenstrual Syndrome, Work Discipline, and Anger Emily Martin

Reproductive Technologies, Surrogacy Arrangements, and the Politics of Motherhood Laura Woliver