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Interesting stuff. I wonder, though:

> 62. In Why Gender Matters, Dr. Sax explains that "anomalous males" -- boys who like to read, who don't enjoy competitive sports or rough-and-tumble play, and who don't have a lot of close male friends -- should be firmly disciplined, should spend as much time as possible with "normal males," and should be made to play competitive sports.

Source: http://www.aclu.org/pdfs/womensrights/20060801seldencomplain...




As an "anomalous male" according to that definition, I'm pretty sure that would have made me hate everything and go on a killing spree. Certainly wouldn't have helped me learn.


Like his critics say - his politics come first, and then the evidence follows.

Anyone who thinks averaging brain scans directly leads to information that can be used to set policy is fooling themselves.


While I'm sure it was not Sax's primary intent, segregating the sexes and shoehorning them into stereotypes is also the answer to "How can we make childhood even more awkward and confusing for homosexual children?".


The article uses the term "true believer", and he is - he's very much a zealot. Truth first, then find evidence to support it.




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