
A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard Angela Saini on the origins of patriarchy
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Mar 3, 2023 AI Snips
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Switching From Engineering To Journalism
- Angela explains she shifted from engineering to journalism after student activism and writing for the student paper.
- An internship careers advisor encouraged her to try journalism since she had a marketable engineering fallback.
Researcher Identity Shapes Science
- Saini found that researcher gender shapes scientific hypotheses and outcomes about sex differences.
- She shows science is not neutral and gender of researchers affects interpretations.
Patriarchy Is A Later Development
- Saini argues there's no evidence male domination extends back into deep human history.
- Archaeology from Neolithic sites like Çatalhöyük shows shared activities and abundant female figurines.
