Welcome to Breaking Down Patriarchy. I'm Amy McPhee All the Best. Today we will be discussing the book, Inferior, how science got women wrong and the new research that's rewriting the story, written by Angela Siney and published in 2017. And today I want to start off our discussion with a quote from the book about the author's own experience.

She says, quote, when I was promoting my first book, Geek Nation, I went to the city of Sheffield to give a talk.

When I finished, a short, middle-aged man came over to ask some questions in private.

Where are all the women scientists? Where are the

women Nobel Prize winners? He asked, sneering. Women just aren't as good at science as men are.

They've been shown to be less intelligent. He walked up so close to my face that I was literally

backed into a corner. What was a sexist rant quickly became racist, too.

I tried to argue back. I listed the accomplished female scientists I knew. I hastily marshaled a few

statistics about school-age girls being better at mathematics. But in the end, I gave up.

There was nothing I could say for him to think of me as his equal."

End quote. I'm starting with this quote because one of my very best friends has a family

member who frequently lectures their family, including the young girls in the family,

about the scientific evidence that proves men's superiority to women.

So for myself, for my friend, for all of you listeners who have ever found yourselves caught

off guard and wondering how to respond when you hear about women's quote unquote proven

inferiority, today's episode will hopefully provide some sound bites to use

next time that happens. And I'm so excited to welcome to the program, Dr. Chantal Dolan. So thank you

so much for being here, Chantal. Hi, Amy. Thanks for having me. I'm happy to be here. So Chantal

and I are new friends. We are, we discovered we are

neighbors. We live really close to each other and have lots of friends in common and actually

lived in Palo Alto for several years. We have Stanford in common, a lot of the same interests and

loves. And it's been so great to get to know you, Chantal. And I'm especially excited to have you here as a scientist yourself because listeners know

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