The accounts of many of them fascinated me, such as Caroline Kennard, who in 1881 challenged Charles Darwin’s theory that women were essentially less evolved than men, and Somalian-born Hibo Wardere, a modern-day activist who authored Cut: One Woman’s Fight Against FGM in Britain Today. My favorite theme that runs throughout Inferior focuses on the history of women. “This is simply an account of the science and its controversies as they stand now, chronicling the bitter scientific struggle for the heart and soul of women,” Saini adds. Often she presents facts and hypotheses without spelling out her bias. This sets the stage for the following eight chapters in her book.Īlthough Inferior heavily centers on scientific research, Saini delivers the information in an easy-to-understand format. But we’re wrong,” Saini explains in her introduction. “The problem is that answers in science aren’t everything they seem…We think the scientific method can’t be biased or loaded against women. However, this question still lingers in science and the answer you receive will often depend on who you ask. In her book, Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong-and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story, readers can uncover the truth. Are women inferior to men? Angela Saini looks to modern science to answer this age-old question.
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