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Re: [Phys-l] Persistent Myths in Feminist Scholarship



Some physics educators may be interested in a recent post "Re: Persistent Myths in Feminist Scholarship [Hake (2009)].

The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: Stephen Black, in a TIPS (Teaching in the Psychological Sciences) post of 3 July 2009 called attention to Christina Hoff Sommers' (2009) provocative Chronicle article "Persistent Myths in Feminist Scholarship" at <http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i40/40sommers.htm>. In the ensuing discussion:(a) Paul Brandon pointed out that, although he respects her work, Hoff Sommers is "slightly right-wing" and paid by the American Enterprise Institute; (b) Allen Esterson then responded that Hoff Sommers' work "should be treated on its merits, regardless of whether her socio-political views are right or left of centre!" I agree with Esterson and point out that, as indicated in "Gender Issues in Science/Math Education (GISME) [Hake & Mallow (2008)] and by Esterson, the persistent errors in of some of the feminist literature have been repeatedly pointed out by many non-AEI-sponsored authors from all sectors of the socio-political spectrum, e.g.: Almeder et al. (2003), Esterson (2006), Holton (1993), Koertge (1998), Newton (1997), Patai & Koertge (2003), & Tobias et al. (2002).
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To access the complete 18 kB post, please click on <http://tinyurl.com/qfc6t6>.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands.
<rrhake@earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi/>
<http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com/>


REFERENCES
Hake, R.R. 2009. "Re: Persistent Myths in Feminist Scholarship," online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://tinyurl.com/qfc6t6>. Post of 5 Jul 2009 17:11:09-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold.