Question

“The reasons for the divergence in perception between feminist critics and women scientists are deep and complex…reflect a difference in mindset…so radical that “feminist scientist” appears today as much a contradiction in terms as a “woman scientist” once did.”

For what reason(s) could “feminist scientist” be a contradiction?

Answer 1

Contradiction is that Women scientis of past see women in science as the liberating potentil which can alleviate thgendered discrimination and help social mobility of wome, today feminist scientist see women in science as a reactionary potential where they try to prove that women are better than men in field oof science.