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Do men in relationships subconsciously force themselves to find ovulating women less attractive? That's the claim of one study — but take it with a grain of salt. More »
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— The blogger and physiologist on John Tierney's Times column questioning women's natural aptitude for science. [BoingBoing] More »
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The Times's John Tierney is the latest of several to take the Larry Summers tack of questioning women's natural aptitude for science. Here's what's wrong with this argument, in three easy points that even the simplest ladybrain can understand. More »
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Neuroscientist Larry Young has identified a "biochemical chain of events" that may lead to human love. According to the Times' John Tierney, this means we'll soon have a workable love potion — or love vaccine. More »
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If you're familiar with Title IX, you probably just think of it as the law forbidding gender discrimination in college and high school sports. But in actuality, the law forbids gender discrimination in all forms of education, and there's a growing call to apply Title IX to science departments receiving federal grants. As we've discussed before, women are opting out of "hard science" fields like physics and chemistry, though they are the majority in sciences like psychology and biology. Opponents of applying Title IX to science departments say that male bias is not to blame for the disparity — female choice is. The NY Times' John Tierney quotes columnist cum clinical psychologist Susan Pinker: "Creating equal opportunities for women does not mean that they’ll choose what men choose in equal numbers. The freedom to act on one’s preferences can create a more exaggerated gender split in some fields.” More »
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There's been a lot of debate and backlash about Michael Sokolove's New York Times Magazine article on the rash of injuries among young women in sports. What does it mean? Is it all "poor little rich girl" syndrome, or a way to justify the old Bush Administration Commission on Opportunity in Athletics report that said Title IX should be relaxed to allow colleges to survey women about what sports they want to play and allocate money accordingly? Sokolove's response will be printed in this weekend's magazine, and there are some interesting points made about the differences in officiating, the need some young women have to be thin and athletic, and, yes, the pushy-parent syndrome. It stands in rather stark contrast to Timesman John Tierney's blog post in which he suggests us crazy feminists are at fault. Oh, yes, he went there. More »
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