Wednesday, July 16, 2008  Tuesday, July 15, 2008  Should Science
Be Title IX'd?  The NYTimes has an article on Title IX impacting
the sciences today (thanks to the commenter who pointed me to
it!). As is often the case with short articles on subjects I
already know and think a lot about, I don't think this is a
great article. Still, it raises some interesting points that I'm
going to get to. But first, as evidence of my problems with the
article, I present its last paragraph (emphasis mine):  Whether
or not quotas are ever imposed, some of the most productive
science and engineering departments in America are busy filling
out new federal paperwork. The agencies that have been cutting
financing for Fermilab and the Spirit rover on Mars are paying
for investigations of a problem that may not even exist. How is
this good for scientists of either sex?  Apparently my problems
in the field, and those of thousands of other women, are
figments of our hysterical female imaginations. The numerous
studies showing that w