Re: Harvard Pres: Women Lack Ability In Math, Sciences

From: George (george_at_wtfiswrongwithyou.com)
Date: 01/21/05 

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:43:26 GMT

<jmfbahciv@aol.com> wrote in message news:vK2dnQJuyY33aG3cRVn-3Q@rcn.net...
> In article <x8RHd.13093$P04.10449@attbi_s03>,
> "George" <george@wtfiswrongwithyou.com> wrote:
>>
>><jmfbahciv@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:8ISdneJlSePqO3LcRVn-sA@rcn.net...
>>> In article <6EvHd.14769$IV5.6166@attbi_s54>,
>>> "George" <george@wtfiswrongwithyou.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>><jmfbahciv@aol.com> wrote in message
>>> news:9oOdnc-mva-Y9HPcRVn-2g@rcn.net...
>>>>> In article <10us10omcajd781@corp.supernews.com>,
>>>>> Jo Schaper <joschapern4ospam@2socketdot.no5net> wrote:
>>>>>>As a woman apparently lacking the genetic abilities under discussion,
> I
>>>>>>would advise the men in this discussion to take the time to find out
>>>>>>what Mr. Harvard President Sir actually said, (at least as reported in
>>>>>>the news media):
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Please read:
>>>>>>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/19/education/19harvard.html
>>>>>>No transcript of his exact words are available.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>He is quoted for three ways which women may be unfit for these
>>>>> professions:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>1) Reluctance of married women with children to work long (some
> articles
>>>>>>say 80-hour) workweeks in pursuit of their vocation;
>>>>>>
>>>>>>2) That innate sex-related/genetic differences make women less capable
>>>>>>of math or science; or
>>>>>
>>>>> But this is just a plain bull*** comment. The science and math
>>>>> types I knew and worked with were of both sexes. I didn't start
>>>>> to see "token females" until after EEO and NOW got their hooks
>>>>> into politics.
>>>>>
>>>>> All these people, including the President of Harvard, are doing
>>>>> is creating smoke and mirrors so that the real problem doesn't
>>>>> get looked at.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>So what do you think that the real problem is. Don't
>>>>just say that there is a
>>>>problem and then not tell us what you think it is.
>>>
>>> You read my other post. What part of it wasn't clear?
>>> Universities here (Massachusetts) are not educating and are fighting
>>> all attempts to get them back to doing that job.
>>> Instead of dealing with the problem that nothing useful
>>> is getting taught, the whole community is now focusing
>>> on non-existent misogyny, sprinkled with all the equality
>>> rhetoric, that liberals favor, to avoid working.
>>>
>>
>>I agreed with you up to the point where you made the accusation about
> liberals.
>>I feel sorry for your state of mind. I really do.
>
> What state of mind? The fact that I'm pissed off about all
> this waste?
>
> /BAH
>
> Subtract a hundred and four for e-mail.

What waste would that be?

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