WOMENST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Craniometry, Degenerative Disease, Racialization
3 Feb 2017
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Broca tested 292 male and 140 female rains, found a difference of 181g in average. When data is corrected for age/height the difference is 113g: when corrected for additional sexual mass (muscular mass and force, women"s brains are slightly larger. Such thinking hearkens to contemporary discourse about the differences between emotional thinking and objective, rational thinking. Broca"s and le bon"s statements more than an isolated prejudiced toward a single disadvantaged group group . Rooted in the ideas of biological determinisms of race, class, and gender. Women, blacks, and poor people have it worse because its natural". The definition of race varies considerably, depending on context and criteria. Not surprisingly, biomedical scientists are divided in their opinions about race. Some characterize it as biologically meaningless or not based on scientific evidence whereas others advocate the use of race in making decisions about medical treatment or the design of research studies.
