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In article <1992Oct5.084600.26398@nuscc.nus.sg> matmcinn@nuscc.nus.sg (Mcinnes B T (Dr)) writes:
>jmorzins@grumpy.helios.nd.edu (jacob morzinski) writes:
>: 
>: A friend mailed me this message today.  I wasn't sure if it had been seen
>: in this group yet, so I decided to post it just in case.
>: 
>: 
>: ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>: 
>: From reed@owlnet.rice.edu Sun Oct  4 17:21:34 1992
>: Date: Sun, 4 Oct 92 16:28:33 CDT
>: From: Kevin Niles Reed <reed@owlnet.rice.edu>
>: 
>: 
>: I promise.  I called.  They really are making such a doll.
>: PLEASE call and bring these people back to the real world.
>: ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>: 
>: Regarding the message below, I called the number given, and they con-
>: firmed that a doll REALLY is being made which says "math class is tough"
>: PLEASE, call and register your complaint.  They really do count.
>
>
>Implicit in your outrage is the assumption that if Barbie finds math
>class difficult, she will thereby be dissuaded from taking said class.
>In short, Barbie is a wimp who is unable to meet a challenge. This whole
>anti-Mattel campaign is an affront to the staying power of women
>everywhere.

     It is also an affront to the intellegence of women and girls.

     They are so stupid that a ersatz statement from the mouth of a 
     plastic bubblehead irretrievably alters their worldview, poisoning
     them against math forever (I don't recall Barbie mentioning science
     in her little encyclical).  

     If y'all feel it necessary to 'do something' about the paucity of
     women in the physical sciences, then go to the middle schools
     and *teach* math to them in an interesting and wonderful way.  

     However, don't be mislead into thinking that overall numbers
     of mathematicians will change unless the profession pays as 
     well as medicine or law.  There seem to be plenty of women in
     those demanding fields. 

     Also, for most, law school and medical school are tough.

                               dale bass
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University of Virginia
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