Feminism and science—Reason and passion
Abstract Starting with the common roots of feminism and science in the Enlightenment and its distinction of reason and passion, this article briefly summarises the ways this distinction has been used both to defend and oppose women's rights. Current philosophies of science that variously reiterate or question this distinction are then surveyed, it being argued that science involves both reason and passion, particularly the passions and interests of men in male-dominated society such that nothing short of the overthrow of male dominance and the achievement of full equality between the sexes in society generally will suffice to bring about a science that meets the passions and interests of women alike with those of men.