The XX Factor : women and science

Young Women and Hillary

Dahlia Lithwick — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:13:00 GMT

That’s a great question, Emily . You’d kind of expect it to be the opposite: older women grown weary of the Clinton baggage, and younger women less inclined to see her as back to the future. I wonder whether young women can’t get that excited about Clinton...(read more)

Evolutionary Psychology: Bad Science, Bad Journalism, or Both?

Rachael Larimore — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:58:00 GMT

Our evolutionary psychology discussion has had me on the lookout for stories that seem particularly ridiculous. And on Fox News today, the morning hosts mentioned a study that purports to show that gentlemen preferred blondes as far back as the Ice Age....(read more)

To Quote Margaret Spellings ...

Melinda Henneberger — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:51:00 GMT

The good news in the study Meghan writes about is that both men and women reported feeling more comfortable in professional groups that included more women. Does this mean that men, too, find predominantly male groups more intimidating? Or less interesting?...(read more)

The Science of Female Self-Doubt

Meghan O'Rourke — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:20:00 GMT

More on women, science, and stereotype threat: A new study published by Psychological Science of undergraduate women majoring in math, science, and engineering found fresh evidence that cues of gender-imbalance negatively affect not only women's performance...(read more)