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To: RSteyn
My guess is that a smart, motivated male still does well in the system, and that spoiled, LAZY, cossetted brats get left behind.

You should read Sommer's book, "The War Against Boys." It will dispel some of your misconceptions.

106 posted on 08/03/2006 2:46:08 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: ModelBreaker

>Ummm, no ... my concern is for little guys (i.e. K-6) who are stuck in a system that continually implicitly and explicitly runs contrary to their wiring them.<

Well, my delusions are rooted in real world observations of well, inept men still getting ahead because they are men, and being told, to my face, that women don't need raises because some male (father or husband) is supporting them.

Harridan feminists who want all the advantages without doing the work make me crazy, too. I have NO use for them. But...underlying all of these tears for the poor, poor boys, who WILL be hired before better qualified women and who WILL go farther doing less than passed-over women, is a thread of misogyny.

I hear a lot of stories about women advanced beyond their capabilities, but I've reported to a lot of men who had no business running anything, in terms of training, character, and experience, and only one flako female who actually was technically competent, but personally made everyone around her crazy.

A lot of those women in college are wasting their time, because they're not going to get hired because less qualified men will always be hired first, on balance, unless a female is needed for display purposes.

The truth is, we cannot afford to throw away any talent.


138 posted on 08/03/2006 5:46:14 PM PDT by RSteyn
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