I'm still troubled by the reaction to Harvard's Dr. Summers. He said that it is theoretically possible that women and men have different aptitudes in science ... and nearly lost his job.
But while I don't like what he said, I respect academic freedom quite highly.
Do women and men have zero differences? Are masculinity and femininity constructs, or innate things? If “god” created differences, do the differences obey the rules of political correctness?
Is it possible that women in general would have a slight edge in learning a second language? Or that the social behavour of men, in general, differs from women?
If so, could Dr. Summers just be a way-left-field scientist, or is he a monster?
2006-08-02
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