A Response to Hubbard’s essay Science, Facts, and Feminism
In her essay "Science, Facts, and Feminism" Ruth Hubbard makes many claims in relating her opinions about the relationship between men and women in society as well as the role science plays in this relationship and the balance of power in the world. One of her claims states that "the pretense that science is objective, apolitical and value-neutral is profoundly political because it obscures the political role that science and technology play in underwriting the existing distribution of power in society." In essence, she is saying that it is ridiculous to claim that science is an objective look at the world around us because science is constantly affected by society and the political establishment. I agree that it is impossible to claim that science is in every way separate from politics and power because those types of people who created the political world also created the scientific world to supplement and support it. For example, the government, a political and power establishment, created the Manhattan Project and put a huge amount of funding into a scientific project that produced the atomic bomb.
Hubbard disagrees with the idea that science is immune to power and politics. To think that science is neutral one must assume that the scientist is able to remove himself from the test subject and the surroundings and simply observe without affecting the test in any way. In reality this is impossible. The scientist must design the test, perform it, and be prepared to fix it if it does not address the problem he has posed. Because human beings are imperfect, the tests are also imperfect. As a result, the conclusion the scientist reaches is no longer objective, but influenced by the type of results he is expecting.
Furthermore, to think that science is immune to the power establishment, one must assume that it is in no way affected by government or companies with money to spend. This, like the assumption that science is neutral, is also incorrect. In order for a scientist to be funded in his research, he must submit proposals to those power establishments that have money. These powerful companies and governments will only fund those projects they deem important to their interests and goals. In this way, science is extremely political in its effort to obtain money and support because it must please those power establishments who are, by nature, political.
The mercenary laughed. “I told you before Reinhardt. Such outdated virtues have no place in this world anymore. The only thing that matters is to get the job done, no matter the cost.”
Other, more surreptitious opponents of science abound as well. Ironically, one such antagonist originates from within academia itself: the postmodernists. Of this group, Bishop writes: "According to these "postmodernists," the supposedly objective truths of science are in reality all "socially constructed fictions," no more than "useful myths,...
Throughout history, America has been the home of serial killers, with more than 2,000 throughout history. In this country, America has encountered many different kinds of these sick people. One of the most infamous serial killers throughout American History was Theodore Robert Bundy, also known as Ted Bundy. On November 24, 1946, in Burlington, Vermont, Theodore Robert Bundy was born. When people think of serial killers, they usually see a dirty, insane looking person that would stand out from the average person. In Bundy’s case it was very different. Ted was a very smart individual who had attended 5 different colleges throughout the United States, studying law and eventually getting his degree in psychology at the University of Washington. Bundy was a very handsome and charming man, unlike most other serial killers. Looking helpless and using his good looks, Bundy was able to lure his victims and would knock them unconscious with an object such as a crowbar or a pipe, then would handcuff them inside his car. Once the victims were under his control he would then proceed in kidnapping, raping, sodomizing, and eventually killing them in very harsh ways. Throughout the 70’s, he raped and murdered young women all across the country. Bundy was said to be connected to at least 36 murders, and suspected to have committed one hundred or more.
Ted Bundy was a notorious Florida Serial Killer, convicted of murdering and raping thirty women and girls, and suspected of having more than twenty other victims. After being convicted on July 31st, 1979 of these heinous crimes Bundy was sentenced to death and spent ten years in a Florida penitentiary until he finally faced the electric chair and his sentence was carried out. What kind of background did Ted Bundy have, and what insight might we glean from this? What criminological theories could even begin to explain the reasons behind such heinous crimes? What role, if any, did the seduction of crime have on Ted Bundy’s choice to carry out his killings? Perhaps more is unknown than is known, however, the evidence is clear: Bundy was a born
He has assaulted and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970’s. Bundy admitted to authorities that he murdered thirty women. However, he is thought to have murdered over one-hundred people, not just exclusive to women, though he never confessed to these killings. In his last interview Bundy seems to portray a very ordinary and highly intelligent man with an ordinary childhood. He seems like someone incapable of committing the acts of violence and murder that he has. Bundy had become a very popular killer in the media due to his charismatic charm. Often having some individuals even feel pity for him. Ted Bundy is the definition of the term psychopath. He found pleasure out of murder, and his actions were not derived from his upbringing, but a hereditary link for psychopathy that had formed deep inside his
When asked how he feels about the advancement of science to places that were once notions to be the job of the creator, Dr. Martin Luther King replies by saying, “Cowardice asks is it safe? Expedience asks is it political? Vanity asks is it popular? But the conscience asks is it right?”
The Chernobyl meltdown was one the biggest meltdowns of the decade, the implications of Chernobyl didn’t just resonate in Russia, but the uranium contamination was found all across Europe. Sheep farmers from North Cumbria were affected by the radiation contamination. After the contamination, scientists came to help the farmers who were affected. Our presentation on the article also discussed the broader implications for the public understanding of science and how the deficit model failed in the article. The deficit model was used to discuss the problems with science and the lay people. The public’s negative attitude towards science is because of their ignorance towards it and the remedy was to dumb down the information to the lay people. This article discusses how both science and the lay people were misunderstanding each other. This was through miscommunication and standard view of the public understanding of science which lead to people to initially trust everything the scientists would say.
Ted Bundy was an American born rapist, a necrophile; a serial killer and a kidnapper who assaulted and murdered several young women during the 1970’s. The criminal kept on denying the charges for more than ten years and later confessed of having committed the thirty homicide crimes in seven different states before his execution (Rule, 2009). Bundy’s handsome and charismatic appearance made it possible for him to easily win the confidence of young women who were always his targets. He broke into the dwellings of his victims at night and bludgeoned them as they slept. He also approached young women in public places where he impersonated as an authority figure or feigned injury on his victim before empowering and assaulting at a more secluded area where he left them dead (Rule, 2009).
According to a research done by an instructor in the department of sociology and anthropology at Baruch College of the City University of New York, found that out of the over two hundred surveyed, almost three-quarter of the black families do not have a problem with their children marrying outside their race. Black families are normally more accepting of the interracial relationship and the white partner than white families are of the black partner. Often the couple lives in a black or integrated community because of the disapproval they experience in all white communities. In a majority of the relationships the initial responses of the white parents were hesitation or rejection, but they eventually come around once the...
...or Powertech and its Colorado land and project manager, urges that its company’s proposal be judged on facts; however, does Douglas have a bias towards Powertech, Would her statement be different if she wasn’t working for them, and is she being neutral. Douglas implies the words “good science”, the word “good” is subjective, and it means different things to different people. “Good” science cannot be pure good; it always has its “bad” aspects linked to it. As a result, “good” science alone can never provide the answers wanted.
Ted Bundy is an American Serial Killer who made it to the FBI’s top ten most wanted fugitive list. He confessed to 30 homicides of young women between ages 17-25. On many occasions he would bludgeon the victim to death, while they were conscious or asleep. After the incidents he would visit his victim’s corpse several times and apply makeup and nail polish to beautify their decomposing bodies. Also, he would perform necrophilia until the body was too corrupted or decayed. As souvenirs, he would take polaroids of the dead victim, and confessed that he decapitated at least a dozen of his victims and kept their heads in his apartment. Now, this was the operation of serial killer. The neurological make-up of these individuals are interesting because it makes them incapable of human emotions. There are mainly two types; psychopaths and sociopaths, and I’m here to inform you on their differences and similarities Both suffer antisocial personality disorders. It can be due to genetic predisposition or their childhood surroundings. They are also said to be incapable of guilt or remorse for their hurtful actions. Although, serial killers may understand the appropriate way to behave in society, they lack the ability to care about it.
Steele expresses, "What becomes clear to me is that people like myself, my friend, and middle-class blacks generally are caught in a very specific double bind that keeps two equally powerful elements of our identity at odds with each other" (Steele 212) But as long as you, yourself, are ok with your double bind, it shouldn't matter what other people think. You can't help what you were born into.
tended to prey on young and attractive college women, first near his home in Washington, then moving east to Utah, Colorado, and finally in Florida (“Ted Bundy”, 2017). Many of his later victims resembled his college girlfriend, who was an attractive student with long, dark hair (Biography.com Authors, 2017). He often wore a sling on his arm or a fake cast on his leg and walked on crutches to fake a disability to convince his victims to help him carry books and unload things from his car. Bundy was also known to impersonate authority figures, such as cops or firefighters, to get a victim’s trust before attacking her. As for the process of attacking his victims, he struck them over the head with a crowbar or pipe, immobilized them with handcuffs, and forced them into his vehicle. To fit his victims in his car without them being visible from the outside, he removed the passenger seat of his car for his victims to lie unconscious and out of sight in the floorboard. After taking his victim where he needed to, he raped her and then typically strangled or bludgeoned her to death, then continued to mutilate her after death. Bundy prolonged these events by returning to visit the corpses at their “dump sites”; he sometimes even took them home with him to gain further sexual gratification. He sometimes displayed his victims’ decapitated heads in his home and slept with their corpses until putrefaction made them unbearable (“Ted Bundy”,
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a “serial killer” is an individual who murders two or more people in a span of a month. Ted Bundy, an infamous serial killer once stated, “You feel the last bit of breath leaving their body. You’re looking into their eyes. A person in that situation is God!” illustrating the empowerment the killer felt when hurting their victim. Sigmund Freud, the founding father of psychoanalysis, a perspective looking at the unconscious mind in which early childhood experiences influence current behavior especially on the focus of sexual relationships. This really really helps in understanding serial murderers such as Ted Bundy, who thrived on being empowered by hurting others. Psychologists
“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth” is how the saying goes. Coined by the infamous Hammurabi’s Code around 1700 BC, this ancient expression has become the basis of a great political debate over the past several decades – the death penalty. While the conflict can be whittled down to a matter of morals, a more pragmatic approach shows defendable points that are far more evidence backed. Supporters of the death penalty advocate that it deters crime, provides closure, and is a just punishment for those who choose to take a human life. Those against the death penalty argue that execution is a betrayal of basic human rights, an ineffective crime deterrent, an economically wasteful option, and an outdated method. The debate has experienced varying levels of attention over the years, but has always kept in the eye of the public. While many still advocate for the continued use of capital punishment, the process is not the most cost effective, efficient, consistent, or up-to-date means of punishment that America could be using today.