February 18, 2005

Different Opinions on Gender Differences

To the Editor:

When Lawrence H. Summers suggested that innate sex differences might contribute to the dearth of women in science, he loosed a torrent of outrage ("Harvard's President Wonders Aloud About Women in Science and Math," The Chronicle, January 28). ...

Mr. Summers has apologized. A more fitting response might have been to convene a conference to study diversity in the sciences that actually considered all potential causes, rather than blindly assuming that

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