Comments on: Gender bias on the left http://online.worldmag.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/ A forum for discussion of news that arises at the intersection of Christianity and culture. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:44:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: NJLawyer http://online.worldmag.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-326752 NJLawyer Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:55:25 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/#comment-326752 I'll bite, Random. Nick may make some blunt statements here, but he is certainly not the only poster to suggest that white males in America have served as whipping boys for the feminists and other liberal know it alls -- unfairly, I might add. Your need to attack Nick is fueled by what? I’ll bite, Random.

Nick may make some blunt statements here, but he is certainly not the only poster to suggest that white males in America have served as whipping boys for the feminists and other liberal know it alls — unfairly, I might add.

Your need to attack Nick is fueled by what?

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]]> By: David L. http://online.worldmag.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-326693 David L. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:03:48 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/#comment-326693 KRM @ #6, Great comment. Very well put. KRM @ #6,

Great comment. Very well put.

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]]> By: Random Name http://online.worldmag.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-326665 Random Name Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:01:03 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/#comment-326665 #2 I am picking on Nick this month. Nick, why do you post? What effect do you expect your messages to have? Have you ever met any women (black or white)? Did they do something awful to you? After I get done, Nick will have many friends and admirers here. #2

I am picking on Nick this month.

Nick, why do you post? What effect do you expect your messages to have?

Have you ever met any women (black or white)? Did they do something awful to you?

After I get done, Nick will have many friends and admirers here.

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]]> By: NJLawyer http://online.worldmag.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-326639 NJLawyer Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:26:05 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/#comment-326639 Thank you, KyleA. Thank you, KyleA.

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]]> By: Kyle A http://online.worldmag.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-326635 Kyle A Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:11:57 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/#comment-326635 Do I have a strange circle of friends? I have known a lot of women who like math and/or science, but I have known at least 10 times as many who don't. Why should girls excel in things that they don't really like? Why should they go into careers that don't appeal to them? Note that I'm talking in generalities. I'm not against girls or women doing whatever they want. I am against blaming their choices on sexism. Do I have a strange circle of friends?

I have known a lot of women who like math and/or science, but I have known at least 10 times as many who don’t. Why should girls excel in things that they don’t really like? Why should they go into careers that don’t appeal to them?

Note that I’m talking in generalities. I’m not against girls or women doing whatever they want. I am against blaming their choices on sexism.

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]]> By: NJLawyer http://online.worldmag.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-326605 NJLawyer Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:52:02 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/#comment-326605 Llama, you wrote too much in post #1. Your argument would have been understood had you merely written "The left can be easily convinced of anything." You didn't need more. Llama, you wrote too much in post #1. Your argument would have been understood had you merely written “The left can be easily convinced of anything.” You didn’t need more.

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]]> By: Sawgunner http://online.worldmag.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-326576 Sawgunner Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:30:31 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/#comment-326576 You are correct as well #3 Herb You are correct as well #3 Herb

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]]> By: Sawgunner http://online.worldmag.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-326575 Sawgunner Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:29:14 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/#comment-326575 KRM you are absolutely correct. And this is from a father of two girls! KRM you are absolutely correct.
And this is from a father of two girls!

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]]> By: bethd http://online.worldmag.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-326560 bethd Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:52:50 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/#comment-326560 When I saw this article in our city's paper the other day, it made me wonder where the data came from. Heather McDonald does a great job of explaining the results - which make a lot more sense to me than the initial article. I get upset when I hear about "underrepresentation of women" because it smacks of a quota system, unrelated to merit. I have both a daughter and a son and I don't want either of them subjected to a quota system. In any circle of gifted children or adults, the upper echelons in the math/physics/computer areas are dominated by males. As Heather McDonald pointed out, the learning disabled are more likely to be male as well. As a woman, I'm not threatened by it because that's how God made us. Women are gifted in many areas and the world works better when people are allowed to use their gifts and not be stuck in - or out of - a job based on irrelevant criteria like gender. When I saw this article in our city’s paper the other day, it made me wonder where the data came from. Heather McDonald does a great job of explaining the results – which make a lot more sense to me than the initial article.

I get upset when I hear about “underrepresentation of women” because it smacks of a quota system, unrelated to merit. I have both a daughter and a son and I don’t want either of them subjected to a quota system.

In any circle of gifted children or adults, the upper echelons in the math/physics/computer areas are dominated by males. As Heather McDonald pointed out, the learning disabled are more likely to be male as well. As a woman, I’m not threatened by it because that’s how God made us. Women are gifted in many areas and the world works better when people are allowed to use their gifts and not be stuck in – or out of – a job based on irrelevant criteria like gender.

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]]> By: momof5 http://online.worldmag.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-326553 momof5 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:28:31 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/07/31/gender-bias-on-the-left/#comment-326553 If kids were graded on working hard outside in the heat, my distractable 10 y/o son would beat most kids I know. He knows how to work, that one! Just takes longer to warm up to the paper and books...but he has an amazing memory. Pauline, it's refreshing to hear that your area is so friendly to boys (and girls)! We live near a major university town, so that might explain the bias around here. If kids were graded on working hard outside in the heat, my distractable 10 y/o son would beat most kids I know. He knows how to work, that one! Just takes longer to warm up to the paper and books…but he has an amazing memory.

Pauline, it’s refreshing to hear that your area is so friendly to boys (and girls)! We live near a major university town, so that might explain the bias around here.

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