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To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (94366)	1/22/2005 10:56:48 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

No one here (I think, I haven't read every post) is saying there might not be differences between male and female brains, nor does anyone that I read suggest cutting off research on brain difference, on genetic reasons for difference, or on genetic reasons for behavior. What is (imo) unfortunate is that someone who has a poor record (at least in the opinion of his faculty) promoting women, spoke out on the issue in a "provocative" way. Does anyone argue he doesn't have every right to be provocative? No. But he's an administrator, and it was stupid, from a pr perspective. Part of an administrator's job is to protect his or her institution, and to understand that he or she does, really, speak for the institution when he or she speaks at events. People have been researching this for years, and they've been having seminars and meeting on the topic. This isn't about chilling a whole area of enquiry, it's about a bad judgment on the part of an administrator. I have not read every critic of Mr. Summers. And I don't understand the woman who was made ill by his talk. But I DO understand the concerns of the faculty and executive community at Harvard.