Chapter Introduction

Nature was called on to justify what was based on social stereotypes and gender preconceptions ever since the Cold War. Gender discrimination in the US space programme indeed has a long history. Imaging phantoms simulating the human body or parts of it played that exact role. Right after the Second...

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मुख्य लेखक: Rentetzi , Maria
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description Nature was called on to justify what was based on social stereotypes and gender preconceptions ever since the Cold War. Gender discrimination in the US space programme indeed has a long history. Imaging phantoms simulating the human body or parts of it played that exact role. Right after the Second World War, the International Commission on Radiation Protection recognized the need to formulate a set of standard biological parameters, describing the “average individual,” that could be used to calculate permissible radiation doses for those working with radionuclides. Designing artefacts such as spacesuits based on the universal and the standard, reinforces the importance of physicality and justifies exclusion. It prescribes femininity as much as it does masculinity, both in the singular. For long, the history of technology has focused on artefacts as technical entities and scrutinized the role of inventors, engineers, scientists, corporations, the state, regulators, the press, and of course users and consumers.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1213992025-03-12T19:49:52Z Chapter Introduction Rentetzi , Maria Gender studies; feminist new materialism; gendered objects; history of science;material culture; technoscience Nature was called on to justify what was based on social stereotypes and gender preconceptions ever since the Cold War. Gender discrimination in the US space programme indeed has a long history. Imaging phantoms simulating the human body or parts of it played that exact role. Right after the Second World War, the International Commission on Radiation Protection recognized the need to formulate a set of standard biological parameters, describing the “average individual,” that could be used to calculate permissible radiation doses for those working with radionuclides. Designing artefacts such as spacesuits based on the universal and the standard, reinforces the importance of physicality and justifies exclusion. It prescribes femininity as much as it does masculinity, both in the singular. For long, the history of technology has focused on artefacts as technical entities and scrutinized the role of inventors, engineers, scientists, corporations, the state, regulators, the press, and of course users and consumers. 2023-11-16T10:46:20Z 2023-11-16T10:46:20Z 2023-11-09T11:01:12Z 2024 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/79421 9781032459097 9781032459127 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/121399 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/79421/1/9781003379225_10.4324_9781003379225-1.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/79421/1/9781003379225_10.4324_9781003379225-1.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/79421/1/9781003379225_10.4324_9781003379225-1.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/ 9781003379225- 1 10.4324/ 9781003379225- 1 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 The Gender of Things 9781032459097 9781032459127 Routledge 21 open access
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