Subalternizing Science: Angela Saini's Feminist Critique Of Marginalized Knowledge System

This paper examines Angela Saini’s critique of patriarchal subalternizing knowledge systems through the lens of intersectional feminism. Across works such as Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong, Superior: The Return of Race Science, and The Patriarchs: How Men Came to Rule, Saini interrogates the historical and contemporary biases embedded within scientific inquiry. Her writing challenges the supposedly objective nature of science and reveals how gender, race, caste, and social power function as shaping forces in the production of knowledge. Drawing upon intersectional feminist theory (Crenshaw, hooks, Haraway), this paper analyses how Saini exposes the overlapping structures of oppression that influence scientific discourse. The study argues that Saini’s work extends beyond feminist science criticism and introduces a needed interdisciplinary intervention that reimagines science as a socially contingent and ethically accountable practice.