Yes, science had, and has, a problem with sexism. Men are scientists. Women are people who sometimes do some science. As in the cases of other reclaimed pejoratives, the lady scientist has been reclaimed as Lady Scientist, the empowered, by the website, Lady Science.

One of the most significant issues of deeply embedded colonial ideology is putting the label of invisibility on events, aggressions, injustices and memories that are only truly invisible to those who haven’t suffered them.