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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The XX Factor : women and science, gender issues</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/women+and+science/gender+issues/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: women and science, gender issues</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)</generator><item><title>Evolutionary Psychology: Bad Science, Bad Journalism, or Both?</title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2007/11/19/evolutionary-psychology-bad-science-bad-journalism-or-both.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:58:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:270</guid><dc:creator>Rachael Larimore</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/270.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=270</wfw:commentRss><description>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....(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2007/11/19/evolutionary-psychology-bad-science-bad-journalism-or-both.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=270" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/gender+issues/default.aspx">gender issues</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/women+and+science/default.aspx">women and science</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/evolutionary+psychology/default.aspx">evolutionary psychology</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/blondes/default.aspx">blondes</category></item><item><title>To Quote Margaret Spellings ... </title><link>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2007/10/23/to-quote-margaret-spellings.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:51:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:80</guid><dc:creator>Melinda Henneberger</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/comments/80.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/commentrss.aspx?PostID=80</wfw:commentRss><description>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?...(&lt;a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/2007/10/23/to-quote-margaret-spellings.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=80" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/women/default.aspx">women</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/feminism/default.aspx">feminism</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/academics/default.aspx">academics</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/gender+issues/default.aspx">gender issues</category><category domain="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/xxfactor/archive/tags/women+and+science/default.aspx">women and science</category></item></channel></rss>