merliecat,

I started to respond to the Larry Summers thing, and passed, but since you made a great intro, I say something.

I am assuming that the posters above feel that if a female head of Harvard had made disparaging sex-related comments about boys/men, then she would not be questioned b/c the feminazis could cry 'sexism!" and that she would keep her job.

I feel tho, that if a female head did such a thing, the outcry would be large and loud and used as proof that the feminazis are out to get men and can say whatever they want, and that the overall faculty would demand that she go as president of Harvard.

I feel that the outcome would have been somewhat different for Larry Summer if had just been a professor, rather than President. He would have been pilloried by certain groups, including a lot of the faculty, but would have a much, much different role as an indepenent thinker than as the person representing and setting policy for all of the Harvard community and constituencies. I feel that is why extreme feminists (to me, at least) get away with really outrageous things, and Larry Summers didnt.

Others may not agree!

What do *you* think?

Sincerely,

Carolle :)

PS: I am not quite sure how his character relates to his right to have opinions, no matter how much we may disagree with them?