Editing Androcentrism (section)

== Science ==
Until the 19th century, women were effectively barred from higher education in Western countries.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=A History of Women in Higher Education {{!}} BestColleges |url=https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/analysis/2021/03/21/history-women-higher-education/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=www.bestcolleges.com |language=en-US}}</ref> For over 300 years, Harvard admitted only white men from prominent families.<ref name=":0" /> Many universities, such as for example the [[University of Oxford]], consciously practiced a [[numerus clausus]] and restricted the number of female undergraduates they accepted.<ref>{{cite web |author=Frances Lannon |date=30 October 2008 |title=Her Oxford |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/404111.article |work=Times Higher Education}}</ref> Due to the latter, access of women to university and academic life, the participation of women in fundamental research is marginal. The basic principles in sciences, even human sciences, are hence predominantly formed by men.