The Gendered Culture of Scientific Competence: A Study of Scientist Characters in Doctor Who 1963-2013.
The present study examines the relationship between gender and scientific competence in fictional representations of scientists in the British science fiction television program Doctor Who. Previous studies of fictional scientists have argued that women are often depicted as less scientifically capa...
| Publicado en: | Sex Roles Vol. 75; no. 3-4; pp. 79 - 95 |
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Springer Nature
Aug2016
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