WMST 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Androcentrism, Cardiovascular Disease, Scientific Method
6 Mar 2020
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Sue rosser, androcentric bias in clinical research , pp. Positivism implies that "all knowledge is constructed by inference from immediate sensory experiences" This leads to the belief in the possibilities of obtaining knowledge that is both objective and value -free, the cornerstone of the scientific method. Most scientists, feminists, and philosophers of science recognize that no individual can be completely objective. Have pointed out the bias and absence of value neutrality in science, particularly biology. By excluding females as experimental subjects, focusing on problems of primary interest to male. Some diseases which affect both sexes are defined as male diseases. Heart disease has been so designated because at younger ages it occurs more frequently in men than in women. Therefore, most of the funding for heart disease has been appropriated for research on predisposing factors sing white, middle- aged, middle class males. Results in very little research in high risk women.
