From Feminist Activist to Professor

Drude Dahlerup

Chapter 5 in A Journey into Women’s Studies, 2014, pp 75-100 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The first, and possibly the most important, confrontation I had was with biologism. In 1960, when I completed secondary school in Denmark, year 10 was still divided into mathematics for the boys and what was commonly called “girls’ arithmetic.” After all, girls had not been naturally blessed with mathematical abilities, it was thought, and, consequently, there were very few girls in the mathematics class at upper secondary school. Girls were going to work in shops or to sit in offices until they got married, so what they needed was mental arithmetic.

Keywords: Nordic Country; Gender Study; Male Colleague; Nordic Council; Female Professor (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137395740_6

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