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For people's information, there were two follow-up letters to
_Science_, 16 November issue, page 887. The first (By Joel
Shurkin) raised the same point as Russ Turpin, namely: "Imagine
the publicity and outcry that would result if a group of male
researchers decided to hold a meeting on, say, prostate surgery
or male impotence and barred women because 'it had to do with
male life histories'. Imagine that they decided to forbid women
science writers....." (this latter comment refers to the original
plans of the conference to also bar male journalists, a plan which
later was withdrawn).
 
But as the second writer (Jim Moore, UCSD Anthro dept) points out,
"...the test of the hypothesis [that women can work better without
male posturing and filibustering] will be in the publications that
result, which all will have access to. The burden of proof is now
on the organizers."
 
Amen.
 
Josh Hayes, Zoology Department, Miami University, Oxford OH 45056
voice: 513-529-1679      fax: 513-529-6900
jahayes@miamiu.bitnet, or jahayes@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu
"I am the Supreme Being, you know; I'm not completely dim."