Why are people so dumb? And I’m not talking about women, I’m talking about Harvard president Lawrence Summers. It’s the year 2005 and he’s the president of Harvard. Why would he be a complete idiot and publicly state that women are inferior to men in the sciences — and this reason could be genetic?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/01/31/MNG02B326R1.DTL

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Women with their faces wrapped
Hide within a world trapped
And dominated by the masters
Wailing o’er their sons’ disasters
Can you put the past behind you
Will you break the chains that bind you
Free your body, free your mind.
From You Gotta Stand For Somethin’
A Song Blog by Patrick Anderson
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Well…
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