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Alice Dreger is an American historian and bioethicist known for her work on the history of medicine, intersex rights, and academic freedom. She has taught at Northwestern University and written extensively on the ethics of medical research and the politics of identity.
Known for: Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science
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Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science
In Galileo's Middle Finger, bioethicist Alice Dreger explores the tension between activism and scientific inquiry. Drawing from her own experiences investigating intersex medical treatment and other controversial research topics, Dreger examines how truth-seeking and social justice can come into conflict. The book is both a memoir and a defense of academic freedom, urging readers to value evidence and integrity even when they challenge prevailing moral or political beliefs.
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Early Career and Intersex Research
My journey began in the historical archives of medicine, where I studied how doctors and societies have tried to make bodies conform to norms of sex and gender. Working on the history of intersex treatment, I found stories of children whose anatomies were surgically altered to match a socially comfo...
From Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science
The Ethics of Advocacy
Advocacy is a double-edged sword. It can amplify the cries of the unheard, but it can also drown out the voice of evidence. Too often, I saw movements that began as moral revolutions turn into dogmas. From intersex activism to debates over transgender treatment, advocacy groups, understandably drive...
From Galileo's Middle Finger: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science
About Alice Dreger
Alice Dreger is an American historian and bioethicist known for her work on the history of medicine, intersex rights, and academic freedom. She has taught at Northwestern University and written extensively on the ethics of medical research and the politics of identity.
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