ACADEMIC ABSURDITY OF THE WEEK: FEMINIST CHEMISTRY?

Hot Air ^ | August 15, 2016 | Steven Hayward

[C19fan]

Did you know there is an International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry? Neither did I, but of course it exists, for there really is no crazy identity politics “intersection” that doesn’t have its own journal read by dozens.

The IJPC recently offered up a two-part article on “Gender in the Substance of Chemistry,” by Agnes Kovacs, who you will be unsurprised to learn is a professor of gender studies at Central European University in Hungary.

Part 1 considers “the ideal gas,” which will certainly prompt a number of obvious suggestions from our regular commenters:

[C19fan]

The Cultural Marxist version of Lysenkoism.

[T-Bone Texan]

Feminist chemistry?

The mustard goes on my sandwich last, so the bread does not get soggy.

[T-Bone Texan]

When doing a white load carefully measure the bleach so as to avoid fading the colors.

[Fido969]

Feminist Chemistry:

Estrogen = bitchy.

Estrogen plus menstral cycle = Really bitchy.

[T-Bone Texan]

When scrambling my eggs in the morning, it is imperative to add the correct amount of milk.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

PMS is a chemically/hormonally induced time of extreme emotion and negative physiological occurences.

The full chemical name for the abbreviation “PMS” is “Pack My Shit”

[Mr. Mojo]

Part 1 considers “the ideal gas,”

For feminazi fascists? Zyklon B.

[nickcarraway]

If you are doing a white load, presumably you wouldn’t worry about the colors fading?

[Talisker]

This is an attempt to Common Core chemistry, the way they Common Cored mathematics.

In other words, kill anyone’s ability to understand it.

These people are demonic.

[jtal]

No surprise here. I remember reading the abstract of a paper a few years back that postulated that the laws of physics would be different if there had been female scientists back in the day, and that these alternative laws would be easier for women to understand.

I kid you not.

[Tenacious 1]

Abstract: This two-part paper is about the possibility of analyzing the content of chemistry from a gender perspective. The first part provides an example of what such an analysis would look like. The second part is an outline of the theoretical perspective that makes the analysis possible. The example is the model of the ideal gas, the cornerstone of the theory of matter in chemical thermodynamics. I argue that this model is built on fundamental philosophical assumptions (Platonic idealism, hierarchy among states of matter, atomism/ individualism, and the negligence of interrelationships among parts and of their embodiment) that have been problematized by feminist scholarship. The same patterns are evident in the treatment of ideal and real solutions in chemical thermodynamics. I argue that it is possible to imagine a theory that utilizes different philosophical ideas and which therefore would be more compatible with feminist values.

Abstract indeed!!!! Make sure you read it a couple times. This explanation is intended to confound the lazy and stupid, or be skipped all together.

"It is POSSIBLE to IMAGINE a THEORY that utilizes different PHILISOPHICAL IDEAS and which therefore WOULD be more compatible with FEMINIST VALUES."

Remember, somehow, there is funding for this effort. It actually entertains the study of nothing about nothing to be contemplated for no reason. Science = Fact & Data. This is think tank to enhance and fortify the hatred of men. But link it to science and someone will publish "scientific proof" about why women are oppressed by men (in Chemistry).

What's next, Man-Made-Global-Warming?

[Tenacious 1]

If you are doing a white load, presumably you wouldn’t worry about the colors fading?

Well, there you have it. I was wrong. There is a valid purpose for this group. Confusion abound already. LOL

[Political Junkie Too]

They're just mad that the #2 chemical is called He.

-PJ

[mumblypeg]

So, um, is the phrase “man-made global warming” sexist for its failure to be inclusive? Or is it totally politically correct for placing all the blame on men?

In which case, wouldn’t it be more correct to say “white European male-induced global warming”? /sarc

[Opinionated Blowhard]

[T-Bone Texan]

Not true. Some garments containing color scream for bleach. Athletic socks with stripes, for instance: White load.

Underwear of any color, by virtue of its’ proximity to my crotch: White load.

Sheesh, if you knew anything about feminist chemistry we would not be having this conversation.

[Mr. Mojo]

"My central claim is that a conceptual, rather than an empirical, analysis is needed" - feminazi clown

Yes, let's do away with analysis verified by observation and testing and replace it with ideas based the feelings of angry feminazis. Great idea.

[Catmom]

When you’re young it’s called PMS. When you’re old it’s called hot flashes.

[NewHampshireDuo]

Guess my 3 years of chemistry were all built on wrong assumptions. My PV=nRT is hurtin’

[fella]

"Part 1 considers “the ideal gas,”

I get that when ever the Mrs. makes lintels or beans and she complains about it at night. But not to much because she does it in a kidding way usually with a light kidney punch.