Of course not. But I was startled to read this post by DrHGG:
Got myself an early yule present today; “The Oxford book of modern science writing” edited by teh Dawkins d00d. A first glance of the table of contents sends happy shivers down my spine – a great collection of 83 pieces of science writing. Extracts from key classics and more recent texts as well as shorter pieces like JBS Haldane’s heartbreaking but very funny “Cancer’s a funny thing”.
But since I can’t seem to leave my gender glasses behind ever, I started counting. And that takes me to the first complaint. Of 83 texts Professor D has selected 3 written by women. That’s about 3.6 %. How hard could it be to find a handful more?
While I don’t own the book itself, I skimmed the table of contents at Amazon and it appears she’s onto something. No, I’m not surprised, however, Dr. Isis, Rebecca, Sci, Sciencewomen, Janet, Zuska, Tara… we have work to do.
On Tuesday I composed this letter to my blog BFF Isis, forwarding her a troubling inquiry that hit my inbox on Memorial Day:
Can I ask, from your perspective, what you think of this study suggesting that men are smarter than women?
First, thanks to readers for so many terrific responses (I especially enjoyed this comment from Zen Faulkes). And today Sb’s resident Goddess has provided her take on Rushton’s so-called ‘study‘. Here’s an excerpt:
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Last week in Long Beach, Ed Maibach gave a terrific talk about communicating climate change information to the public. He uses six characters to represent different levels of concern over global warming. They include (pictured left to right):
Alarmed Alice, Concerned Claudia, Cautious Connie, Unconcerned Uri, Doubtful David, and Dismissive Dan
Descriptions of each level along with detailed data are available here. As of 2008, this is how they are represented in terms of total U.S. population:
Notice anything funny about these results? (more…)
Yes folks, ‘I’m Glad I’m a Boy! I’m Glad I’m a Girl!‘ is a real book apparently, brought to my attention by a friend who sent this link. The publication date appears to be 1970.
Finally, we have something that actually makes 1966’s The Exciting Game For Career Girls sound progressive. [Deep breath]. Where do I begin…
You can read the full book below the fold. [Or order it used for $300 at Amazon.] (more…)
