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Rationally Speaking Podcast

Rationally Speaking #77 - Victoria Pitts-Taylor on Feminism and Science

Rationally Speaking Podcast

New York City Skeptics

Society & Culture, Skepticism, Science, Philosophy

4.6787 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2012

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Massimo and Julia discuss sociology and feminism, with special guest Victoria Pitts-Taylor, professor of sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Victoria explains how feminists in sociology are dealing with results in neuroscience and evolutionary biology, especially regarding the question: How much inborn difference is there really between women and men? Massimo and Julia challenge Victoria on some academic feminist views, and investigate how the fields of sociology and academic feminism reach their conclusions -- what methods do they use, and how would we know if they were wrong?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Rationally speaking is a presentation of New York City skeptics dedicated to promoting critical thinking, skeptical inquiry, and science education.

0:22.6

For more information, please visit us at NYCCEPTICs.org.

0:31.0

Welcome to Rationally Speaking, the podcast where we explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense.

0:40.6

I'm your host, Massimo Pilucci, and with me as always is my co-host, Julia Galev.

0:44.8

Julia, what are we going to talk about today?

0:47.1

Mathema, today we have a guest in our studio with us.

0:50.0

I'd like to welcome Victoria Pitts-Taylor, who is the professor of sociology and director of the Center for the Study of Women and Society and coordinator of women's studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

1:02.4

She's also professor of sociology at Queen's College, CUNY.

1:05.8

Victoria is the co-editor of the journal Women's Studies Quarterly and the author of many articles, chapters,

1:11.4

and books on social and cultural aspects of the body, medicine, and health and wellness.

1:17.8

Her most, or her upcoming book is going to be for Duke University Press, and it's called

1:22.9

The Brain's Body, Neuroscience and the Politics of Embodiment. It's due out in late 2013.

1:28.4

Victoria, welcome. Hi, how are you? Good. Great to have you on the show.

1:32.5

So, how about just starting out by telling us something about the book that is not out,

1:37.0

or in fact, not finished yet. No, it's not finished. Typically, we talk to authors who have

1:41.6

book already out. So this is an interesting, you know, we're looking forward to something.

1:44.9

It's not even finished.

1:45.9

Works in progress.

1:47.4

Right.

1:48.0

Well, I've written several books on the body and body practices, and I came out of that work

1:53.4

from my training in sociology and my interest in women's studies.

1:57.7

And so I wrote a couple of books on, on body practices,

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