3. Sex, Science, and Beards

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xiii
3. Foreword xvii
4. Part I: Why Challenge the Face of Science
5. 1. “Pictures in Our Heads”: Challenging Stereotypes of Scientists and Science 2
6. 2. What’s in a Name? 7
7. 3. Sex, Science, and Beards 11
8. 4. What Is Paleontology? 15
9. 5. Spaces Paleontologists Inhabit 21
10. 6. The Lost Legacy 28
11. 7. The Power of Contradiction 35
12. Part II: Women in Paleontology
13. Stereotypes
14. 8. “Fitting In”: Freedom in the 43
15. 9. A Female Paleontologist in the 1970s and 1980s 49
16. 10. From Microfossils to Museums: Reflections on My Journey as an Earth Scientist 55
17. 11. Can You Be a Paleontologist Without a Ph.D.? (The Answer Is Yes) 63
18. 12. The Path Is Not Always Straight 67
19. 13. A Less Traveled and More Meandering Path 71
20. Women
21. 14. Definition: Woman 79
22. 15. The Moments When I Am Not a Woman 87
23. 16. My Love-Hate Relationship . . . with Waders 95
24. 17. The Balancing Act 101
25. 18. Being Brave 105
26. Gender
27. 19. Definition: Gender 117
28. 20. Just a Paleontologist 123
29. 21. Performing Gender in Paleontology 130
30. 22. Taking Off the Beard for Good 143
31. Part III: Behind the Lens
32. 23. Behind the Lens: Filming a Documentary 147
33. 24. Being with Artists in the Field 155
34. 25. Creating Portraits for The Bearded Lady Project 159
35. 26. Field Notes 163
36. Why Diversify Science 174
37. Pledge for Equality in the Sciences 175
38. Bibliography 176
39. Acknowledgments 180
40. The Photographers 181