Science, Sex Bias, and...Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

Описание: Science has historically ignored females, whether they're insects, lab rats, or humans.
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NOVA Next article by Eben Bein: Medical Research Has a Sex Problem: http://to.pbs.org/29vPrlQ

2016 study using female genitalia to identify mantis species: http://bit.ly/29ullza

2011 study surveying the use of male and female animals in research papers published in 2009: http://bit.ly/1rsqCv5

2014 study debunking the myth that femal mice are more variable than male mice: http://bit.ly/299gCRm

2016 Washington Post piece about Ilomantis ginsburgae: http://wapo.st/22yfiLf

2015 Nature Neuroscience article on how female mice process pain differently from male mice: http://bit.ly/24UbwM1

2015 report on the number of women in clinical trials: http://1.usa.gov/1GDMLxo

Public Law 103-43—Law requiring that woman and people of color be included in clinical trials: http://bit.ly/29wOciD

NIH policy on the consideration of sex as a biological variable: http://bit.ly/29wOeac

2007 review article on how drugs affect sexes differently: http://bit.ly/24UbwM1

2014 news stories on sex bias from NPR, the Boston Globe, and Nature: http://n.pr/1PDzVya,
http://bit.ly/1S7dtgR, http://go.nature.com/1XrQi90

A 2006 commentary on how sex bias negatively impacts women’s health: http://bit.ly/1YuWrjN

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Images of Ilomantis ginsburgae and mantis genitalia
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U.S. Supreme Court Justices Pose for Group Photo/Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Adult female Deroplatys desiccata photographed at Bristol Zoo in 2007
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Camouflage: Flower Mantis Hymenopus coronatus on Phalenopsis orchid
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