I mean things like...physics and mathematics...men have made them....
I feel there is also a need of female way to explain the rules of the universe..
how would it be?
the few female scientists, thought in a male way
if you know what i mean?!
2007-09-05 01:59:56 · 15 answers · asked by a fantasy 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
i study physics and im very good at both physics and math and i understand them well...
its just i find myself being a bit male when doing physics and mathematics... it doesnt satisfy me...
i mean if it was a female science, it would be vaster...i dont know how to explain it!
2007-09-05 02:28:03 · update #1
no, science is not 'male', and no, i haven't a clue what you mean
2007-09-05 02:02:49 · answer #1 · answered by Splishy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yup! I think you're right. All the greatest scientists and artists have sought to explain the world as one inter-related unity, not as a collection of separate parts, each part broken down into smaller and smaller pieces which is traditionally a 'masculine' thing to do ... Einstein is one example of the former.
Women have traditionally nurtured while men have traditionally dissected and analysed. Einstein famously put great store by 'intuition', he was a musician, a dreamer, all traditionally 'female' virtues .. the same can be said of other great artists and scientists like Da Vinci.
Unfortunately the study of science is male and you'd better watch you don't lose out because you feel frustrated by this. Einstein famously had contempt for his University tutors .. he later went off by himself and spent his life trying to unite all the forces .. trying to discover the one formula that would make sense of the vastness.
2007-09-05 06:47:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you're being very ant-female! Are you implying that logical thinking and problem solving is a male trait?
Science was invented by males only because historically women haven't been given the chance to excel in these fields. These days many women are involved in science.
You also say there is a "female way" of thinking. What would this be? A "mood ring" science that takes into account our emotions?
2007-09-05 02:14:36 · answer #3 · answered by runningman022003 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Historically the sciences have been dominated by men, but society over the last 100 tears or so has changed that . Perhaps you are reacting to your surroundings .
I think it would be more than a little counter productive for you the be thinking in terms of masculinity and femininity Science should carry no prejudices.
Your 'feelings' sound a little like ying and yang to me .
2007-09-05 04:48:40 · answer #4 · answered by Bemo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hang on a sec. Are you saying that if women came up with laws of physics and maths they'd be different to the ones we have already?
Science and it's laws are genderless, these laws are used by both men and women alike.
The rules/laws will always be the same. They are benchmarks that you assume before undertaking any experiment.
Is it possible you are confusing the explanation of the law with the law itself?
2007-09-05 02:32:38 · answer #5 · answered by ralphseviltwin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What on earth is a female way? There are rational/cognitive/objective ways of understanding things and emotional/perceptive/ subjective ways of understanding things, and both have their place. Are you saying that girls are only supposed to do the touchy feely stuff? What an effing insult to the progress and achievements of millions of female scientists. And I do not think in a male way, i just think in my way.... I think you are just being a bit mardy on this one coz you can't do maths.
2007-09-05 02:22:52 · answer #6 · answered by rainy-h 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wel....I don't think so. Science has not a gender (and if so, "the few female scientists" wouldn't exist, would they?). We both, men and women, are capable to do it. So, science has not a gender
p.s: in many languages (including portuguese), "science" is a female noun - ciência - but it's just a grammar rule.
2007-09-05 02:32:50 · answer #7 · answered by Irlandesaaa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Jack Nicholson sums it up in the film 'as good as it gets'
he is asked how he writes such good female character's, he answers,
"I start of with a man, and remove all rational behaviour and a the ability to be held responsible for any of the characters action."
2007-09-05 03:32:51 · answer #8 · answered by DAVID C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a girl and I love science. Men used to dominate those fields but more and more women are stepping into science related careers.
2007-09-05 02:06:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Science is complex ~ men are not complex ~ science cannot be male.
Science is complex ~ ladies are complex ~ science must be female.
2007-09-05 22:39:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you start with chemistry, boiling kettle, milk, teabag, 2 sugars, I'll leave the details to you, only hurry up I'm gasping here.
2007-09-05 02:09:00 · answer #11 · answered by H.A.L 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋