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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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.