The sexes

The notion that there really are differences between the sexes worth taking into account for reasons other than their more effective eradication seems to be creeping back into respectable discourse. The most recent example: a USA Today article confirming what I think most American men remember from childhood, the bias against boys in female-dominated elementary … More ...

A couple of weeks ago I noted the move among Muslims in Canada to use the new arbitration law there to make Shari’ah binding in civil and domestic cases. Wasting no time, they’ve already set up an Islamic Institute to formalize the process.

At present the stated plan is for the parties to a particular … More ...

The dialectic of the state and the family in England:

• The state continues to prove itself unable to do anything for children beyond what their families have already done for them: Schools crisis deepens under Labour. Despite all the programs, the gap between the attainment of working-class and middle-class secondary school children has actually

Here’s an interesting pair of stories that illustrate how “anti-discrimination” rules originally based on claims that a distinction is utterly irrational can change fundamental standards that determine the ability of an institution to perform its core mission:

• Female petty officer wins sex bias claim. The Brits wouldn’t let her work part time after having

Some recent items on the sexes:

• Psychology Today continues the trend toward allowing the results of research into differences between men’s and women’s brains into public discussion. The writer doesn’t even bother with the usual convention that only things that make women look good get mentioned.
• Some recent research is actually quite amusing, for example

I wouldn’t much like to live in like Dar-ul-Islam, but Dar-ul-Liberalism simply doesn’t work in the most basic ways:

• Record Number of Women Childless. We aren’t reproducing.
• Trouble ahead for babies of divorce. When we do, things don’t necessarily go well.
• Unmarried America. And big business is OK with it.

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I find this a very odd article: The Opt-Out Revolution. It’s an extremely long New York Times Magazine piece about women with MBAs or whatever who decide they don’t like having careers. I suppose the problem is the people the people the piece is about. They’re present-day middle-class Americans, which means their highest goal … More ...

Here’s an interesting article relating to sexual differences: Genes Organize Male, Female Brain Differently. Actually, the findings presented—that there are genetic differences between male and female brains—don’t seem at all surprising. After all, men and women differ genetically almost as much as chimpanzees and homo sapiens, there’s a whole chromosome’s worth of difference, … More ...