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From: "Alison Croggon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: Sex differences
>I read something about this, and there was a comment by some genetic
> scientist (forgive the vagueness of my memory) that these differences made
> little difference to ability and that male and female brains have much
> more
> in common than not: ie, that the reasons why there are so few women in
> tenured positions in Harvard had little to do with sex differences in the
> brain and a lot to do with social traditions at Harvard.
>
> No one can have children of both sexes (as I do) and deny that there are
> innate differences from birth, inflected infinitely through individual
> personalities and histories. However, it's what is _made_ of those
> differences that often bother me.
>
> Best
>
> A
>
Baron-Cohen does say that he thinks intelligence to be equal. It's just what
different people are good at. Regarding mathematics look at Grace Wahba.
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