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Wednesday, October 17, 2007 - Posts

  • In Other XX News


    The beleaguered federal office that oversees family planning services just got another boss hostile to birth control. Among the depressing details : Susan Orr, the new appointee, was formerly a Senior Director at the Family Research Council, a group that Read More...
  • Mukasey and Sex Discrimination


    At today's confirmaton hearing for Michael Mukasey, Bush's pick for attorney general, Sen. Dianne Feinstein asked questions about a disturbing ruling Mukasey made as a federal judge in the Southern District of New York. Here are the facts (I just looked Read More...
  • The Other Gender Disparity


    Women may be underrepresented in the sciences at the highest academic levels, but through high school, female students perform much better than their male counterparts. Ironically, one of the first journalists to draw attention to this fact is Hoff Sommers, Read More...
  • School Daze


    College kids, I would say, are pretty thrilled to have controversial speakers, like Summers, who get useful debates going (and Dahlia, as you say, little kids love daddy playmates, and ignore puttering mothers). But at the risk of sounding like a schoolmarm—hey, Read More...
  • The Tickle Monster's Healthy Breakfast


    Speaking of speaking out loud about gender differences, I wanted to post briefly on Emily’s terrific piece last week about playing with our kids . I’ve noticed the same phenomenon ‘round here: My husband can easily spend 90 straight minutes on the floor Read More...
  • Re: Re: Speaking of XX, again


    I agree that it’s foolish for UC Davis to rescind its invitation to Summers to speak—even if his comments were foolish and ill-informed , as I argued two years ago. But the problem with Christina Hoff Sommers’ piece—and the reason I don’t find it all Read More...
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