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- From: rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari)
- Subject: Re: Living in a State of Siege
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.183217.27632@wam.umd.edu>
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- References: <1993Jan1.032047.18124@panix.com> <725981398@lear.cs.duke.edu> <1993Jan2.165409.5401@panix.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 18:32:17 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan2.165409.5401@panix.com> gcf@panix.com (Gordon Fitch) writes:
- >gazit@cs.duke.edu (Hillel) writes:
- >| ...
- >| 4) Is not it interesting that when women are the losing side (e.g.
- >| more men learn math), the default assumption is that society
- >| is to be blamed, and the poor weak women need some compensation,
- >| but when men are the losing side, the "pro equality people" are
- >| ready with long explanation why it is just biology...
- >
- >I'm not saying that the possible social causes of the difference
- >should not be investigated. But the biological element should
- >not be discounted either. In other words, there's probably not
- >enough hard information around -- except, of course, if you want
- >to use the issue for propaganda.
-
-
- Ahh, well. Then I would like to make the statement
- that women are inferior to men at mathematics.
-
- Remember, I'm not saying that the possible social causes of
- the differences should not be investigates, but, the biological
- element should not be discounted either. In other words, there's
- probably not enough hard information around (but that doesn't
- seem to dissuade anybody).
-
-
-
- --
- Blaming "society" for your problems is like blaming clouds for rain.
-
- --- boycott == censorship == closed mindedness == cowardice ---
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