Lavender Stars

21 Jun 2012

“Regardless of your professional affiliation, if you hear someone claiming that fish of a certain gender are “sneaky” and “mimics,” that bisexual men do not exist, that women are innately bad at math, that trans* people are mentally ill, or that a certain gender or sexuality is “alternative,” you should speak up. These phrases are all too common. Given mainstream culture’s (and particularly corporate media’s) tendency to embrace “expert” opinions that confirm existing biases, it is vital for other “experts” to step forward to challenge flawed and frequently bigoted research. Part of being a member of the academy involves having confidence in your own mental capabilities. We should all be able to recognize the difference between technical mistakes in each other’s fields and inexcusable personal biases. Failing to speak out and, yes, to listen to “other people’s” complaints is not acceptable—it is nothing short of enabling injustice.”
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Kate Forbes, “‘Do These Earrings Make Me Look Dumb?’: Diversity, Privilege, and Heteronormative Perceptions of Competence within the Academy” (via feministsociology)

Yes yes and yes. I only recently realized how much annoying normative bias scientific language has, especially as it pertains to sex and gender in the animal world!!

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