Comments on: Why does the Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus agree with Larry Summers that women are genetically inferior to men?

By: Reclusive Leftist » Blog Archive » Yet another insult to women: Obama chooses a sexist pastor for his Inaugural

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:45:29 +0000

[...] wearing gold.An almost all-male Cabinet. A speechwriter who thinks sexual assault is funny. A senior advisor who’s on record with his belief that innate inferiority, not discrimination, is what’s [...]

By: Yet another insult to women: Obama chooses a sexist pastor for his Inaugural : The New Agenda

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:20:03 +0000

By: Sis

Sis — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:02:20 +0000

Hi fsteele have you read the transcript of Summers’ speech? Please do. Absurd indeed. but possibly not quite the way you contend.

Denise and others: Dec 6 was the anniversary of the 1989 slaughter of 14 women engineering students at the Polytechnique in Montreal Quebec. It is Canada’s most prestigious school of engineering. Fourteen others were also shot but did not die. Their fellow student Marc Lepine mowed them down, screaming that feminists were taking his place. He had not made the cut to advance to grad school.

To this day, pundits refuse to name it misogyny.

By: Denise C

Denise C — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:03:41 +0000

I watched a number of my fellow MIT graduates attempt to break into the oh so exclusive world of tenured professors of engineering, math and sciences. Anyone who believes that pure and blatant sexism is not a component of the underrepresentation of women as professors of the “hard sciences” is delusional. The world of investment banking looks enlightened versus the academic world.

By: mutterhals

mutterhals — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:03:47 +0000

You completely misrepresented Ruth Marcus’ position in this article.

By: fsteele

fsteele — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:41:02 +0000

Please don’t strengthen an absurd meme by attributing it to Summers — which will cause some people to defend the meme. Summers is respected by many; whenever we tie this meme to Summers, we’re giving it his authority.

By: Kitkat

Kitkat — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:10:34 +0000

Could we raise enough money to print this in WAPO? I hate to give them $$$, but would like to see that this point of view is heard and make the point that WAPO was unwilling to post.

Anyone know how much it would cost?

By: Amy Siskind

Amy Siskind — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:55:49 +0000

LOL Dulcy!
Thanks for making me laugh….

By: Dulcy

Dulcy — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:46:16 +0000

I’ve got it! We need to point out to Wapo that Marcus is not fit to write and comment – it needs a man.

By: Anna

Anna — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:45:23 +0000

Dr. Hopkins

What an excellent piece and what a shame that The Washington Post did not print it. I am curious if you sent it to any other major media outlets for publication? I hope so.

Thank you.