Nonbinary Systems: Looking towards the future of gender equity in planetary science
Nonbinary Systems: Looking towards the future of gender equity in planetary science
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非二元系统:展望行星科学中性别平等的未来
DOI:
10.3847/25c2cfeb.3dda24c5
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发表时间:
2020
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Vic Zamloot
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作者:
B. Strauss;Schuyler R. Borges;Thea H. Faridani;J. Grier;Avery Kiihne;Erin R. Maier;Charlotte Olsen;Theo J. O'Neill;Edgard G. Rivera;Evan L. Sneed;Dany Waller;Vic Zamloot
Gender equity remains a major issue facing the field of planetary science, and there is broad interest in addressing gender disparities within space science and related disciplines. Many studies of these topics have been performed by professional planetary scientists who are relatively unfamiliar with research in fields such as gender studies and sociology. As a result, they adopt a normative view of gender as a binary choice of 'male' or 'female,' leaving planetary scientists whose genders do not fit within that model out of such research entirely. Reductive frameworks of gender and an overemphasis on quantification as an indicator of gendered phenomena are harmful to people of marginalized genders, especially those who live at the intersections of multiple axes of marginalization such as race, disability, and socioeconomic status. In order for the planetary science community to best serve its marginalized members as we move into the next decade, a new paradigm must be established. This paper aims to address the future of gender equity in planetary science by recommending better survey practices and institutional policies based on a more profound approach to gender.