On the making of sex hormones: research materials and the production of knowledge
Considers the question of how scientists' changing needs for research materials in the study of sex hormones shaped both the character of the relations between the actors and the strategic position of each actor. The accessibility of research materials affected the cognitive development of sex...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Social studies of science 1990-02, Vol.20 (Feb 90), p.5-33 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Considers the question of how scientists' changing needs for research materials in the study of sex hormones shaped both the character of the relations between the actors and the strategic position of each actor. The accessibility of research materials affected the cognitive development of sex endocrinology. In this process, gender bias in science was reinforced and metamorphosed. (Abstract amended) |
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ISSN: | 0306-3127 |
DOI: | 10.1177/0306312790020001001 |