Re: Patriarchy: Re: What

Len Piotrowski (lpiotrow@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
Thu, 29 Aug 1996 17:37:27 GMT

In article <504eev$2ek@bubbla.uri.edu> Susan <rgq101@uriacc.uri.edu> writes:

>[snipped interesting stuff about biological and cultural aspects of human
nature and behavior as they relate to gender]

>By
>not exposing females to the possibilities (or men, as the case may be),
>you miss out on those women who do not in fact conform to group norms.
>[snip]

And by this process, instruments used to measure apparent gender differences
are unavoidably skewed by normative cultural practices. To then claim a
biological cause for these differences ignores a deep rooted societal bias.

Cheers,

--Lenny__