Strong, Silent Men Wax Eloquent In Print To Refute Mehl Study
Category: Manly Men
If women and men are the same, how will we know what makes a Real Man?
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If you have not yet figured out why you shoud not be using terms like "hard science" and "soft skills", then you absolutely need to read Telling Stories About Engineering: Group Dynamics and Resistance to Diversity in NWSA Journal v. 16 No. 1, 2004 (Re)Gendering Science Fields.
You should also read They Blinded Me With Science: Misuse and Misunderstanding of Biological Theory, an excellent critique of Thornhill and Palmer's nonsense about rape as an evolutionary strategy. You can find it in Burack and Josephson's must-read tome, Fundamental Differences: Feminists Talk Back to Social Conservatives.

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July 31, 2007
Category: Manly Men
If women and men are the same, how will we know what makes a Real Man?
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Category: Announcements
Oh god, let us never forget the men and their problems.
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July 30, 2007
Category: Daily Struggles
I don't know how to find balance, because I imagine there's nothing to balance.
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July 27, 2007
Category: Friday Bookshelf
How 'bout that? Diversity has a gender, and it's female.
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July 25, 2007
Category: Why There Are No Women in Science
Yes, yes, because lawsuits are the one and only measure of how much gender discrimination is going on at your university
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Category: Positive Actions
Tara at Aetiology has a review of Danica McKellar's new book Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math Without Losing Your Mind Or Breaking A Nail. She also snagged an interview with McKellar which you can find here....
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July 24, 2007
Category: Announcements
You may notice over the next few days some changes in the banner head. Two readers sent me their creations for a new TSZ banner and I am going to be trying them out to see how I like them...
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Category: Daily Struggles
That fabulous group of women, the X-Gals, is back with the last of their installments in the Chronicle of Higher Education and it is truly Must Read C (of Higher) E. This last installment is titled On the Origin of...
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July 23, 2007
Category: Geekalicious
The song asks those Bible questions we've all been wondering about, and goes on to talk about evolution.
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July 20, 2007
Category: Friday Bookshelf
In each case, there was at least one woman in a position of power who brought the group into being.
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