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Byline:Janna Levin (Janna Levin teaches physics and astronomy at Barnard College in New York City.She is the author of "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" (Alfred A.Knopf,2006).)
I don't ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again.There was a time in my life when I was fixated on the subject.People asked constantly for stories about what it's like to work in a field dominated by men.I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting.What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe,the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes.
At 19,when I began studying astrophysics,it did not bother me in the least to be the only person in the room with two X chromosomes.I was happy to lose myself in austere calculations and gave no more thought to gender (mine or anyone else's) than I did to eye color.But while earning my Ph.D.at MIT and then as a postdoc doing cosmological research,the issue started to loom large.My every achievement--jobs,research papers,awards--was viewed through the lens of gender politics.So were my failures.People seemed unable to talk about anything else.Sometimes,to avoid further alienating myself from colleagues,I tried evasive maneuvers,like laughing the loudest when another scientist made a sexist remark.Other times,when goaded into an argument on left brain versus right brain,or nature versus nurture,I was instantly ensnared,fighting fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.I was perpetually ...
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