Editing Gender (section)

=== Science ===
Historically, science has been portrayed as a masculine pursuit in which women have faced significant barriers to participate.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Schiebinger|first1=Londa|author-link1=Londa Schiebinger|title=Has Feminism Changed Science? |journal=Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=1171–5 |date=2001 |publisher=Harvard University Press |location=Cambridge, Mass. |isbn=978-0-674-00544-0 |edition=2nd |pmid=17089478 |doi=10.1086/495540 |s2cid=225088475}}</ref> Even after universities began admitting women in the 19th century, women were still largely relegated to certain scientific fields, such as [[home science]], [[nursing]], and [[child psychology]].<ref name="Sheffield2006">{{cite book|title=Women and Science: Social Impact and Interaction|date=2006|publisher=Rutgers University Press|isbn=978-0-8135-3737-5|location=New Brunswick, NJ|pages=129–134|last1=Sheffield|first1=Suzanne Le-May}}</ref> Women were also typically given tedious, low-paying jobs and denied opportunities for career advancement.<ref name="Sheffield2006" /> This was often justified by the stereotype that women were naturally more suited to jobs that required concentration, patience, and dexterity, rather than creativity, leadership, or intellect.<ref name="Sheffield2006" /> Although these stereotypes have been dispelled in modern times, women are still underrepresented in prestigious "[[Hard and soft science|hard science]]" fields such as [[physics]], and are less likely to hold high-ranking positions,<ref name="Eisenhart1998">{{cite journal |title=Women's Science: Learning and Succeeding from the Margins|journal=Science Education|volume=84|issue=6|last2=Finkel|first2=Elizabeth|date=1998|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=978-0-226-19544-5|location=Chicago|pages=[https://archive.org/details/womenssciencelea0000eise/page/34 34–36]|last1=Eisenhart|first1=Margaret A.|bibcode=2000SciEd..84..793A|doi=10.1002/1098-237X(200011)84:6<793::AID-SCE6>3.0.CO;2-K|url=https://archive.org/details/womenssciencelea0000eise/page/34}}</ref> a situation global initiatives such as the United Nations [[Sustainable Development Goal 5]] are trying to rectify.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender equality|url=https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/women-and-the-sdgs/sdg-5-gender-equality|access-date=2020-09-23|website=UN Women|language=en|archive-date=26 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126102330/https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/women-and-the-sdgs/sdg-5-gender-equality|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{See also|Women in science}}