Gender studies permeate academic life in Sweden. Bergkvist noted on her blog that the state-funded Swedish Science Council had granted $80,000 for a postdoctoral fellowship aimed at analyzing "the trumpet as a symbol of gender."
Give me the cash instead. I'll build you 12, 350hp, street cars. (I'm a girl, btw) Who cares that much about symbolism? How much money do these people HAVE?