Rats! Sexism really is everywhere
It's no secret that there's a diversity and inclusion problem in STEM fields. But apparently, it's worse than anyone thought -- it turns out, according to Wired and commentary from neuroscientist Jeffrey S. Mogil in Nature, that sexism extends all the way down to the rats used in clinical experiments.It turns out the rodents used in biomedical studies are male. Even though evidence indicates that women process pain differently than men, lab scientists who study ways of treating that pain still u
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