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  • The 20% Rule

    As an academic scientist, I have noticed (totally anecdotally, no formal study, but one should be done) that science departments with no women - most often departments such as physics, geology, computer science - are desperate to hire women. The few women coming up for positions in those fields have to beat back offers, because universities know ...
    Posted to The Dismal Science by Biotunes on June 7, 2009

  • Robert the Bruce of the Crusade issue

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    Posted to XX Factor by Independence on August 11, 2008

  • re: genetic homosexuality..It is X-linked.

    I hope someone has mentioned somewhere in the discussion that the x chromosome in males comes from the mother. Therefore all of the shared traits (increased fecundity, homosexuality, etc.) follow the pattern of gene on an inherited x chromosome. The female chromosome carrying traits associated with sexuality does not seem like a big ...
    Posted to Human Nature by drugdoc on June 26, 2008