In Response to the Remarks by Lawrence H. Summers, Presenting Empirical Data on the Differences in Learning Styles Between Males and Females

Authors

Robin Boyle Laisure, St. John's University School of LawFollow
Andrea Honigsfeld

Document Type

Symposium

Publication Title

Cardozo Women's Law Journal

Publication Date

2005

Volume

11

First Page

505

Abstract

(Excerpt)

Lawrence H. Summers' remarks at a conference on "Diversifying the Science and Engineering Workforce," raise provocative issues regarding reasons for the disparities of "women's representation in tenured positions in science and engineering at top universities and research institutions." He postulated that one reason for this disparity was the "different availability of aptitude at the high end." One suspects that the word "aptitude" struck a raw nerve in the audience. After all, most academics in the audience would be familiar with the research of Carol Gilligan, and her well-known book, In A Different Voice, suggesting that women have different moral and psychological tendencies than men, and that one is not superior to the other. More significantly, our country did experience a second wave of the feminist movement, which should have brought some enlightenment.

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