"Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The Lancet released an important collection of research that recognizes how gender bias or unconscious bias can be ""particularly difficult for professions like science and medicine that are grounded in beliefs of their own objectivity and evidence-driven thinking."" The Lancet concludes that the feminist perspective is important and critical in transforming scientific fields to make them more equitable and inclusive. Bell Hooks wrote in her 1981 study of sexism, racism, and the feminist civil rights movement that, ""To be 'feminist' in any authentic sense of the term is to want for ALL people, female and male, liberation from sexist role patterns, domination, and oppression."" #bethechange"