Intended for courses in feminist science studies, science studies, and studies in gender and education. This work covers areas including reproductive, agricultural, medical and imaging technologies. It reflects feminist theory and research on biology, language, the global economy and the intersection of race and class with gender.

"Women, Science, and Technology" is an ideal reader for courses in feminist science studies, science studies more generally, women's studies, and studies in gender and education. This second edition fully updates its predecessor, dropping ten readings and replacing them with new ones that: extend content coverage into areas not originally included, such as reproductive, agricultural, medical and imaging technologies; reflect new feminist theory and research on biology, language, the global economy and the intersection of race and class with gender; and, provide current statistical information about the representation of women and people of colour in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are more accessible for students.In this work, section introductions have also been fully updated to cover the latest controversies, such as Harvard president Lawrence Summers' widely debated discussion about women and science and the current debates surrounding reports on the low numbers of female engineers.

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction: Science, Technology, and Feminism
SECTION 1:
High Hopes, Broken Promises, and Persistence: Educating Women for Science and Engineering Careers
Education: Out of the Frying Pan !
The Anomaly of a Woman in Physics "Evelyn Fox Keller"
Never Meant to Survive, A Black Woman's Journey: An Interview with Evelynn Hammonds
"Aimee Sands"
Snow Brown and the Seven Detergents "Banu Subramaniam"

The Shoulders of Giants "Dara Horn"

"Careers: ! And into the Fire"
Nepotism and Sexism in Peer Review "Christine Wenneras and Agnes Wold"

Nine Decades, Nine Women, Ten Nobel Prizes: Gender Politics at the Apex of Science "Hilary Rose"

Asian Americans and the Gender Gap in Science and Technology "Jackyung Lee"

Walking a Tightrope: The Feminist Life of a Drosophila Biologist "Marta Wayne"
SECTION 2: Stereotypes, Rationality, and Masculinity
Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals, "Carol Cohn"

Science, Sex, and Stereotypical Images in Scientific Advertising "Mary Barbercheck"
The Aliens Have Landed! Reflections on the Rhetoric of Biological Invasions "Banu Subramaniam"
The Power and the Pleasure? A Research Agenda for "Making Gender Stick" to Engineers "Wendy Faulkner"

SECTION 3: Technologies Born of Difference: How Ideas about Women and Men Shape Science and Technology
A Medical Fit for Contraceptives "Andrea Tone"
Sociobiology, Biological Determinism and Human Behavior "Ruth Bleier"
The Medical Construction of Gender: Case Management of Intersexed Infants "Suzanne Kessler"
The Bare Bones of Sex: Sex and Gender
"Anne Fausto-Sterling"
SECTION 4: The Next Generation: Bringing Feminist Perspectives into Science and Technology Studies
Gender and Science: An Update "Evelyn Fox Keller"
The Paradox of Feminist Primatology "Linda Fedigan"
Socially Camouflaged Technologies: The Case of the Electromechanical Vibrator "Rachel Maines"
On the Cutting Edge: Cosmetic Surgery and New Imaging Technologies "Anne Balsamo"

SECTION 5: Reproducible Insights: Women Creating Knowledge, Social Policy, and Change
with Elizabeth Adams and Jennifer Schneider
Engendering Environmental Thinking: A Feminist Analysis of the Present Crisis "Ruth Perry"
Fulfilling Technology's Promise: Enforcing the Rights of Women Caught in the Global High-Tech Underclass "Shruti Rana"
Premenstrual Syndrome, Work Discipline, and Anger "Emily Martin"
Reproductive Technologies, Surrogacy Arrangements, and the Politics of Motherhood "Laura Woliver"