Posted on 02/20/2005 3:32:14 PM PST by neverdem
GENDER STUDIES
In Victorian times, scientists argued that women's brains were too small to be fully human. On the intelligence scale, researchers recommended classifying human females with gorillas.
The great 19th century neuroanatomist Paul Broca didn't see the situation as quite so dire, but he warned his colleagues that women were not capable of being as smart as men, "a difference that we should not exaggerate, but which is nonetheless real."
The president of Harvard University suggested that a lack of "innate ability" might help explain why women couldn't keep up with men in fields like math and science … oh, wait, that one happened just last month.
Hold for a minute — OK — while I dig out my corset and bustle.
If that sounds snotty, I mean it to be.
I, for one, am ready to leave the 19th century behind. Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers can apologize all he wants, but the fact is that — from a position of power — he felt comfortable speculating about women's inadequate intelligence and ignoring years worth of science that proved him wrong.
I don't find that excusable. Period.
And I wonder why we women are so willing to tolerate this kind of behavior.
Summers raised the issue of women's lesser capabilities in an economic conference in Cambridge, Mass., in mid-January. And the most consistent response from women — the one still resonating across the country — is defensiveness.
A litany of female scholars quote studies proving that, yes, we girls can do long division, actually understand a chemical formula, comprehend a physical law or two and not only become professional scientists but do good work.
In fact, when allowed, women have done excellent science for decades, even since the corset-and-bustle days. The physicist Marie Curie won....
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So I suppose she wouldn't have to attend class then?
Why would I be talking about a "right" reason? Must there only be one "right" reason? I thought this was a free country.
I'll have to tell my daughter that then.
Obviously going to college so she can get a GOOD job and make something of herself is something has never crossed her mind
RME.
Have you ever gone yourself?
Women practice languages MUCH more than men. Go dispute THAT!!!
Who are you to decide what is a waste of another person's money?
It's called tap dancing, back tracking, taking comments out of context, all that kind of stuff.
Read my posts and tell me where I am wrong.
No, that is found in the original article and in the long string of Braswell's posts. I have been consistent.
College education is not wasted on the woman who stays home and raises babies.
So you honestly think colleges exist because they're great places to party?
Oh yeah, that's exactly what I said.
You are a waste of time.
You went to college to get an education and hopefully meet a husband.
Have you ever seen Mona Lisa Smile?
And to make matters worse, women outnumber us guys and they still need help to be equal.
They're not? So "Animal House" wasn't a documentary? Damn.
By the time I got through with my sales pitch to the lead engineer at the tech center, those dang plagerists had stole that idea, and installed it on my truck!
I swear, they will go to any lengths, to steal a good idea.
;)
You're jumping in a little late in the game to make such an expert pronouncement.
Whoa! If more women like that played chess i probably would of stuck with it!
My daughter is in college. A community college right here in town.
My son's girlfriend goes to the same college.
My daughter has a few highschool friends in the same college.
Whenever I hear them talking about school, they are discussing what they are studying, what their career plans are, etc.
I'll grant you that some kids go to for the Party aspect, but I think they are few and far between. OF course if there is a party, I don't expect them not to go.
In fact, my daughter is trying to convince HER boyfriend HE should go to college so he can get a better job.
You are just flat out wrong to assert that MOST people go for the reasons you state.
Not really.
I have been reading along,and all without a college degree.
It costs thousands of dollars now just to meet a husband! Woah!
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