6/30/2023 0 Comments Inferior by angela saini![]() ![]() There is far more variation within each sex than between them. Try as they might, neurologists and endocrinologists cannot find differences between the brains of males and females. One of my favorite chapters dealt with brain science. I knew about many of the studies described in this book, but it was still educational seeing them all pulled together and analysis of their techniques and possible biases hashed out. It guaranteed equal access for girls and women to all aspects of education. But Title IX was about so much more than sports. ![]() Look who took home most of the medals on the US teams from the last two Olympics. ![]() Maybe those coaches and teachers were right. Title IX was known as “the law that will destroy boys sports” in football-crazy Ohio and basketball-obsessed Indiana where I did most of my work. Disproving bad science that stated women’s minds, bodies, and emotions were inferior to men’s was a key element of my job when I worked with school systems to implement Title IX in the 70’s. ![]() As a feminist, I keep up with gender-based research and have for several decades. I love science and history and truly enjoy it when they overlap in books such as Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong-and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story. Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong- and the New Research That’s Rewriting the Story by Angela Saini ![]()
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