2024 - Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2024 Volume 3. Dibra Intl. Symp / Laws & Their Applications
| Editors: | F. Kongoli, H. Carter, Y. Hayakawa, B. Jedlickova, M. McNeil, M. Nolan, E.S. Pana, D. Shanley |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Pages: | 268 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-998384-08-2 (CD) |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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THE IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND THE IMPACTS OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE YEARS
Gabriela Araujo Gois1; Raquel Araújo1;1FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO, Ouro Preto, Brazil;
Type of Paper: Regular
Id Paper: 234
Topic: 61
Abstract:
Since ancient times, women have struggled to obtain due recognition for their research, facing barriers imposed by gender. In Ancient Greece, there are reports that the precursor of women in Medicine was Agnodice, a woman who dressed as a man to study and became an excellent “doctor” who was much sought after, but was accused of having deceived the people; while Hypatia of Alexandria was a great scientist, who was quartered and burned for not being Christian, having been accused of being a witch. Years later, in the Renaissance and Enlightenment, there was a scientific revolution, as society began to incorporate the ideals of scientists, although at that time most women were prevented from studying by their families. In the contemporary era, there are still difficulties to be overcome. Analyzing women in the job market, it is observed that inequality through the separation of tasks, in which women are most often responsible for tasks that involve feelings, while men perform, for the most part, tasks that involve decision-making; and the existence of a hierarchy of men under women. Although the participation of women in scientific areas such as Biosciences and Medicine is growing, areas such as Engineering, Physics and Computer Science still have a lower female representation. This sociological study highlights how important it is to fight for gender equality.