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...some force other than science motivates those who deny that men and women differ at a level deeper than the epidermis. Human fetuses develop, grow, and differentiate into boys and girls with distinct physical traits, from reproductive characteristics, to build and facial structure—and, yes, to brain function. Male and female brains are irrefutably different: in developing fetuses, higher levels of testosterone promote not only the maturation of male genitalia but also the “masculinization” of the brain, resulting in sexually-dimorphic cerebral structures that are designed to excel in certain tasks...
...their prey in the sub-Saharan plain while women became adept at multi-tasking, gathering a variety of foods and ensuring the safety of their offspring. Our current gender-stratified social system did not emerge from a philosophical abyss; it evolved over tens of thousands of years as a function of the behavioral characteristics that allowed us to coexist and thrive as hunter-gatherers...
Nevertheless, biology is not destiny. Women are not doomed to a life of inadequate spatial reasoning skills as a function of the existence of their second X chromosome; similarly, men can learn to ask for directions, despite their competitive drive and instinctive compulsion to appear invulnerable. The truth of the “inherent” differences between men and women is that they are subtle and by no means universal. Because of the immense overlap of ability between men and women, variations between the human genders are more a matter of degree than kind...
...Walt and Mearsheimer countered in an interview that “the principle of ‘blood kinship’ refers to the fact that Israel was explicitly founded as a Jewish state and that whether or not you are Jewish is normally a function of ancestry, especially maternal ancestry...
...aftermath of the Oct. 8 quake that devastated parts of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. The banquet was co-sponsored by the South Asian Association, the Harvard Islamic Society, Fuerza Latina, the Society of Arab Students, NAHC, and the African Students Association, among others. Ethnic organizations themselves often function as coalitions of students from one part of the world or one racial background who—despite that common bond—exhibit divergent cultural identities.For instance, the South Asian Association’s area of focus includes over 1.3 million people and dozens of languages.The group?...