tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35731001.post5913194718742657374..comments2023-11-03T09:01:10.832+00:00Comments on Feminasty: Seeing redwoodscolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02740930005155183614noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35731001.post-83695802727071625372007-09-07T12:44:00.000+01:002007-09-07T12:44:00.000+01:00And another interesting link on exactly how rubbis...And another interesting link on exactly how rubbish much research on genes and gender is, from an epidemiologist: http://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2007/09/05/genes-and-gender/<BR/><BR/><I>As researchers move beyond uncovering<BR/>new disease genes and into the realm of<BR/>gene-environment interactions, John Ioannidis,<BR/>a clinical and molecular epidemiologist at<BR/>the University of sphamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03688855765342659209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35731001.post-91158950759468276722007-09-05T12:26:00.000+01:002007-09-05T12:26:00.000+01:00Ben Goldacre blows this one well and truly out of ...Ben Goldacre blows this one well and truly out of the water: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/aug/25/genderissues. He points out that the blue for boys pink for girls stereotype is a) very tied to Anglophone culture and b) very recent even there (citing magazine articles from earlier in the century which state the exact opposite). He also points out:<BR/><BR/><I> And snuggled away in the sphamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03688855765342659209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35731001.post-73829810771941381452007-08-22T22:54:00.000+01:002007-08-22T22:54:00.000+01:00two British neuroscientists... have found a consis...<I> two British neuroscientists... have found a consistent liking for pink in surveys of women volunteers </I><BR/><BR/>Riiiight. And these are women who have not <I>ever</I> been exposed to the truly frightening levels of pink that almost all every female baby and little girl will find herself literally surrounded by? These are women who have had a truly colour-neutral life? I tried to buy baby woodscolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02740930005155183614noreply@blogger.com