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Another question: Why are so many people innumerate? Adults who fumble with numbers have been "intimidated by officious and sometimes sexist teachers," says Paulos, himself a victim of inept instruction. "They feel that there are mathematical minds and nonmathematical minds." The result of that misconception is a "gap that threatens eventually to lead either to unfounded and crippling anxieties or to impossible and economically paralyzing demands for risk-free guarantees...
...women at Middlesex say that Abrams' theory applies particularly to cases such as rape. Whatley says that occasionally "men are afraid to use their skills" in a rape case for fear that they will be too agressive, and therefore appear sexist...
...years ago, Bowdoin College in Maine received just two; last year it got 100. The variety is astonishing: tap-dancing routines, karate demonstrations and music videos. Not all audiovisuals are helpful, however. When an applicant to the University of California at Santa Cruz submitted a taped comedy routine with sexist and racist jokes, admissions director Joe Allen was so offended that he eliminated the student from contention...
PEOPLE who say that you can't learn anything from popular television have obviously never watched Family Feud. The lesson I just learned from that game show is that we continue to live in a sexist society...
...their initial thoughts about gender relations. The survey is similar to word-association games in that it records only the first response. With unconscious sexism still so pervasive in our society, even among the well-intentioned, it is possible that a large majority of men would say something sexist when they respond before thinking...