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In a lengthy article at Psychology Today Blogs, Rosalind C. Barnett and Caryl Rivers consider whether science supports James Damore’s recent misogynist memo. You’ve probably heard of it; Google fired him for it and he’s now threatening to sue them for something or other his ittle bitty fees-fees got an owie cuz his male pwivilege didn’t give him the fwee pass he’s enjoyed up till now.
In the memo, he whines about political correctness, claiming that being polite (which is fundamentally what “political correctness” boils down to) is somehow a thing of “the left.”
(Remember, those who complain of political correctness wish the license to offend others without penalty.)
Opinions vary on his chances of winning any such suit.
Anyway, here’s a bit of Barnett’s and Rivers’s piece:
But are they? What are the real facts? We have been researching issues of gender and STEM (science, technology engineering and math) for more than 25 years. We can say flatly that there is no evidence that women’s biology makes them incapable of performing at the highest levels in any STEM fields.
They go on to skewer the so-called science that Damore cited in his screed.
Follow the link to take a look.
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*Middle name: That’s Ross “Why does anyone give me money for being always wrong” Douthat, in case you were wondering which one.
