Posted on 04/08/2006 3:24:16 PM PDT by palmer
Looking at the credentials of the writers, the content of the article isn't hard to guess....
I never knew until high school that were even was a gender gap for math and sciences, because almost all of my teachers and tutors in those subjects were women. This was in my very non-PC parochial school. I'd suppose women with those strenghts largely choose K-12 teaching because it fits in well with raising a family. All of my teachers with school-age children attended the school.
What ethnic groups tend to be high-achieving academically? Probably Jews, East Asians and Indian Asians. Not alot of raw machismo in those cultures, but the families are paternal, if not patriarchal.
In NY the teachers are required to pay the dues whether they join or not - it might be $10 less if you don't.
My husband always refused to join.
Notice that with the exception of the University of PA.they are all private(not subject to affirmative action)or Engineering schools.
Yes, it is a big deal if more women than men are going to college. While either parent can care for a child it is the women who really need to be there in the first year. If all these women are supporting the family because the men aren't earning, breastfeeding rates go down, child illnesses go up, IQs go down; Its a nasty cycle.
Do you have any evidence of such a correlation? I've usually noticed that highly-educated moms have highly-educated kids. Most babies don't BF for more than a few months anyway.
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