Since the studies were conducted with cameras and microphones in
actual classrooms, it's pretty open-and-shut. Note everyone who is
biased against females is male.
About as "open and shut" as the famous "power lines cause cancer"
studies. Very nice till you see a significant number of studies and
you notice the discrepancies. When female students are treated more
leniently than male ones, the authors of thge study say that "this
lowering of pressure makes it more likely for them to fall behind".
When, in different study, different school system and different
setting, they're subject to as harsh a questioning as the male
students, the study says "this makes them shut off". Etc. etc. In
short, any difference, *no matter* in what direction, is taken as
"bias against females". And you recognize, over time, that this is so
since the "conclusion" was there from the beginning.
No doubt, but I would rather trust the evidence on camera and on tape
than your preconceptions.
It was the issue in the speech, no matter how sorry you may be about
it.
No, it wasn't. The issue was aptitude. As in ...
Oddly enough, the NBA doesn't care about the distribution; it actually
measures the heights of its candidates instead of measuring skin
color.
Right, ***exactly***. And they don't feel the need to "balance" the
players population, assuring that "all groups are properly
represented". PC academics, on the other hand, are whining about
"insufficient representation of ..." etc. and refuse to believe that
merit may play any part here. No, this *must* be discrimination, it
is *impossible* that there are any aptitude differences. This was
precisely the point of Summers' speach, that difference in
representation may be the result of difference in aptitudes, not
discrimination.You may feel free to pretend that this ain't so, but, judging by the
example you chose to keep, as well as the one you chose to snip, I
would say that you argue in less than good faith. Not very surprising,
to me.
Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool,
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