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[brdgt]

Reading: Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers need to Know about the Emerging Science of Sex Differences by Leondard Sax, M.D., Ph.D. for book club on Tuesday. This is going to be a doozy of a book club. Besides the fact that Sax conflates sex and gender, uses straw men arguments, has a financial stake in the project, and switches between peer reviewed studies and anecdotal data without flagging it, I can just tell this book club discussion is going to break down between parents and non-parents and us non-parents opinions won't be valid because of our dusty barren wombs.



Wearing:This is actually yesterday's outfit, but we are still celebrating Wisconsin making it to the Elite 8 last night!



Planning: Work, work, work. I have a deadline coming up and Nick has a conference he is preparing for and leaves on Sunday to present at. The weather has been gorgeous here, but we've been too busy to enjoy it, so hopefully when he gets back we can find some time for a hike - something with a waterfall should be nice this time of year or something in the desert that would be too hot in a few months...

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[brdgt.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check it out.

I'm trying to come up with criticisms for book club that take his argument at face value rather than debunk it - he has enough flaws on his own that I think one should reject the argument outright. Many in the group are going to come back with "but I see this in my kids!" kinds of arguments so I think just presenting counter evidence won't work.

[notmarcie.livejournal.com]

Yeah, even suggesting that parents have their own gender bias doesn't work in those situations. Sounds frustrating to even try to tackle this, especially when you know the parent trump card will be whipped out!

[brdgt.livejournal.com]

I checked that book out of the library and will skim it before book club - it looks like she addresses Sax specifically.