Are women naturally better carers—or have practice, expectation and power made familiar roles feel inevitable?
Simona Deifta speaks with award-winning science journalist and author Angela Saini about what science has got wrong about women, where ideas about gender come from, and why supposedly natural roles have complicated histories.
Drawing on the ideas behind Inferior, The Patriarchs and Superior, Angela connects science and history to ordinary life: motherhood, the default-parent role, invisible care, work, ambition and the stories women are taught about themselves. They also look ahead to Other: Race, Sex, and the Hidden Harms of Human Categories, due in January 2027.
Angela Saini is an award-winning science journalist, author, and Assistant Professor of Science Writing at MIT.
Find Angela and her books: https://www.angelasaini.co.uk/
MIT profile: https://cmsw.mit.edu/profile/angela-saini/
Pre-order Other: https://groveatlantic.com/book/other/
Content note: This episode discusses sexism, patriarchy, racism, race science, scientific bias and the social consequences of classifying people by sex and race. It is a journalistic conversation, not medical advice.
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