Sarah Richardson
@profrichardson.bsky.social
Aramont Professor of the History of Science and Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University
More about my work at https://scholar.harvard.edu/srichard/
More about my work at https://scholar.harvard.edu/srichard/
For deep dive into these issues, see my book The Maternal Imprint:
The Maternal Imprint
Leading gender and science scholar Sarah S. Richardson charts the untold history of the idea that a woman's health and behavior during pregnancy can have long-term effects on her descendants' health a...
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September 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
For deep dive into these issues, see my book The Maternal Imprint:
I engage in scholarly debate as well as address public audiences and speak to media about my work, but I do not engage with inflammatory personal attacks and threats.
September 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I engage in scholarly debate as well as address public audiences and speak to media about my work, but I do not engage with inflammatory personal attacks and threats.
The goal of my work is to build conversations across fields and disciplines about how to conduct rigorous and ethical research on sex-related biological variation.
September 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The goal of my work is to build conversations across fields and disciplines about how to conduct rigorous and ethical research on sex-related biological variation.
Sex is an important biological developmental process, a vital concept for scientific research, and also a polysemic, plural, and contextual concept.
September 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Sex is an important biological developmental process, a vital concept for scientific research, and also a polysemic, plural, and contextual concept.
There are many plain language resources and open access materials on my website and the GenderSci Lab site that thoroughly explain and answer common questions about my position on sex.
September 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There are many plain language resources and open access materials on my website and the GenderSci Lab site that thoroughly explain and answer common questions about my position on sex.
As a historian and philosopher of science, I study how scientists across fields and over time use the concept of sex.
September 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
As a historian and philosopher of science, I study how scientists across fields and over time use the concept of sex.
They seem to have reading comprehension issues and are distorting my words and the piece as part of their rage machine. Already getting trickles of hate in my email inbox. It's been round after round of this. I guess I've gotten under their skin! Too bad Twitter is such a partisan bubble now.
September 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
They seem to have reading comprehension issues and are distorting my words and the piece as part of their rage machine. Already getting trickles of hate in my email inbox. It's been round after round of this. I guess I've gotten under their skin! Too bad Twitter is such a partisan bubble now.
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Gender under attack
The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health lucidly highlighted how attacks
on the concept of gender, and on gender equality and women's rights more broadly,
are not new. As Sarah Hawkes and her...
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August 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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They could, but the question is, will the NIH allow these budget line items? And, of course, this will reduce the amount available for research.
February 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
They could, but the question is, will the NIH allow these budget line items? And, of course, this will reduce the amount available for research.