I stand corrected.  THIS is my favorite paper that we have read – while some parts were a little “iffy” (looking at you, dated gender-based career example on page 150) like all good friends, there are some things we can overlook to keep a good friendship.  Moreover, I believe it is fair to say Chapter […]

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Yes!  Someone finally, explicitly answered a question to which we were all awaiting the cut and dry answer.  “No.” (Many cheers and clinking of glasses.) Melissa Hines actually answers the title question of her article “Do sex differences in cognition cause the shortage of women in science?” by stating, “Innate sex differences in cognitive abilities […]

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Nora, Nora, Nora… Dr. Nora S. Newcombe, how in the world did you think you were thinking straight when you wrote this article?  I mean, no offense, but the “straight thinking” as you suggested in your article “Taking Science Seriously:  Straight Thinking about Spatial Sex Differences,” left me rather dizzy and confused.  It’s like you […]

When one sees a baby human, one’s response is typically along the line of “Aw, what a cute, precious baby!  What’s the name?”   Insert societally-defined boy’s name here.   “Wow, he sure is handsome!”   Insert societally-defined girl’s name here.   “My goodness, she sure is beautiful!”   How quickly our perceptions change.   […]

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Yes, we all have been affected by the cloud of confusion that accumulates over our heads and sometimes rains on our parade.  It creeps in softly like a quick passerby, then BAM—stops you in your tracks more abruptly than actual rain in I-95 traffic.  However, Dr. Carol S. Dweck argues in her article, “Is Math […]

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