2020/09/15 by B. E. Strauss, Strauss, Beck E., Schuyler R. Borges +21
Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Spaceflight effects on biology #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life #Space exploration and regulation
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2009.08247
Gender equity remains a major issue facing the field of planetary science,\nand there is broad interest in addressing gender disparities within space\nscience and related disciplines. Many studies of these topics have been\nperformed by professional planetary scientists who are relatively unfamiliar\nwith research in fields such as gender studies and sociology. As a result, they\nadopt a normative view of gender as a binary choice of 'male' or 'female,'\nleaving planetary scientists whose genders do not fit within that model out of\nsuch research entirely. Reductive frameworks of gender and an overemphasis on\nquantification as an indicator of gendered phenomena are harmful to people of\nmarginalized genders, especially those who live at the intersections of\nmultiple axes of marginalization such as race, disability, and socioeconomic\nstatus. In order for the planetary science community to best serve its\nmarginalized members as we move into the next decade, a new paradigm must be\nestablished. This paper aims to address the future of gender equity in\nplanetary science by recommending better survey practices and institutional\npolicies based on a more profound approach to gender.\n