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Let Semenya Run
Some people are simply just born to run, to compete, and to excel in athletics. We never quite understand why--and until recent years when Olympic-level athletics has become in large part overrun by science and technology and highly sophisticated physical training and dietetics, we did not understand why the Michael... (read the rest)
Cultural Sex Selection: No Harm, No Foul?
Emily Willingham asks an important question as to whether the apparent cultural preference toward having a male child in the family among Asian-Americans represents a harm--either to Asian-American girls, or simply to women generally. I'm inclined to think the latter. But we'll let you decide: A New York Times story... (read the rest)
Tony the Tiger, Count Chocula, and the Cereal Gender Gap
And for the academic research one ought never have had funded: "You are what your mother eats: evidence for maternal preconception diet influencing foetal sex in humans". I can't possibly thank Brandon Keim of Wired Science Blog enough for bringing this research to my attention.... (read the rest)
Female Med Students On Edge? Leave Them Alone
It turns out that female doctors-to-be don't just feel more nervous than their male counterparts but they actually appear more nervous to their patients, says an Indiana University School of Medicine Study. Published in this month's issue of Patient Education and Counseling, researchers found that this decreased confidence among women... (read the rest)
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