Gender

Gender Mender

by Carol Hoenig on 3/7/2008 9:57:33 AM

This past week’s New York Times Magazine had an article on the topic of schools separating boys from the girls. I considered the idea and eventually concluded that this separation will only hurt these children as they approach young adulthood. It is important to learn how to interact with the opposi... Continue »

My Tribute

by Tall Paul on 12/31/2007 3:51:46 PM

With my last blog of 2007, I would like to pay tribute to my mother who passed away on February 28. She died at 91, one week before she would have turned 92.  Until her final days (and she became unresponsive) her mind was still sharp, but her body died many years ago. My mom faced serious health ... Continue »

Are there significant differences between the cognitive abilities of men and women ?

by Dick Brooks on 10/6/2007 3:40:54 PM

Behind this question lurks a hidden agenda. If we concede that there is already a bias against women in the workplace, it follows that innate gender differences might be used to exclude women from certain job opportunities. Take the field of engineering for example. It is clearly male dominated in n... Continue »

Is gender a social constuct?

by Dick Brooks on 9/30/2007 11:59:54 AM

Facetiously, I am reminded of a feature article in Time magazine, a few years ago. The gist was that science had found that there really are differences between men and women. Wow! Seriously, the question seems like one that feminists would raise, in their quest for equal treatment. Make no mistake,... Continue »

Women After 9/11

by CarolineC on 9/22/2007 4:17:23 PM

The events of September 11, 2001 had immediate political, national, and economical consequences. Some have been well documented, some speculated upon, some beaten-into-the-ground by the current Washington administration, but yesterday I heard one argument for the first time: that since the attacks,... Continue »