Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!aero-c!nadel
From: rao@cl.bull.fr (Srinivasam Rao)
Newsgroups: soc.feminism
Subject: sexism (against women)
Message-ID: <561@clbull.cl.bull.fr>
Date: 12 Mar 91 15:40:49 GMT
Sender: news@clbull.cl.bull.fr
Organization: BULL Les Clayes, FRANCE
Lines: 25
Approved: nadel@aerospace.aero.org
Status: R
Originator: nadel@aerospace.aero.org



In his article Thomas Gramstad (bfu@ifi.uio.no) writes

>One still common form is the belief that women are "physically
>inferior" -- a phrase that may be found even occasionally in acadamic
>writing -- i.e. that they have to be smaller, weaker, slower, less
>enduring etc than males.  Sex role stereotypes serve to maintain this
>view and even to give it some reality by such notions that certain
>occupations and certain sports are unsuitable for women because of
>their hard physical requirements.  The bottom line of this is an image
 
and Jean Marie Diaz ( ambar@ora.com) writes 

>Regarding physiological differences between male/female brains, this
>turns out to be largely bogus. There seemed to be some VERY minor
>structural differences, but the sample size was quite small and there
>has yet to be independent corroboration.

I would like to ask one question in this context.  Why don't the members
of the "weaker" sex prove themselves by competing with men in the World
Chess Championship and becoming the world champion.  Atleast here, they
cannot claim any disadvantage of physical or mental "weakness", can they ?
It will be a good point to prove the world that women also have mental
prowess equal to men as they are proving in other fields.  Any takers ?

cheers from yet another  MCP.