<p>Bingo, WashDad</p>
<p>WashDad-</p>
<p>You make a lot of good observations and points. Having both a son and a daughter, I’ve seen how each of them have been both helped and hurt by the very nature of their biology. Most boys do have a lot of obstacles to doing well in our classrooms that reward passive learning. At the same time, girls hit a wall when they have to face the trade-offs that come with childbearing. (Child rearing can be shared, but not the 1-2 years that come with carrying and nursing that baby to a point where they can be cared for by another loving caretaker, be it daddy, grandma, or nanny.)
I wish we would hear more about theses issues and have some public discourse that could help everyone.</p>
<p>Is it a wonder that so many of our boys drop out before graduating high school? Is it a wonder that we have so few talented women going into research or other demanding intellectual fields? Hardly.</p>
<p>All this discussion sent me to the nobel prize website at <a href=“http://nobelprize.org/[/url]”>http://nobelprize.org/</a>
The front page has a section on International Women’s Day.</p>
<p>And here is a link about the women nobel laureates <a href=“http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/women.html[/url]”>http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/women.html</a>. There are 33 women NLs out of 768 total (4%)</p>
<p>Lets give a shout out to Marie Curie who was awarded it twice.</p>
<p>Excellent post WashDad.</p>
<p>ASAP:
It is so hard to have an honest discourse about this parenting stuff, isn’t it? It’s kind of sad, because I think a lot of women my age (50) have been unintentionally silenced by not wanting to say anything that could be interpreted at restricting choices. But by the same token, I feel girls miss out on learning some things from us.</p>
<p>I agree, weenie. It’s very complicated for young women. I know my son isn’t giving a thought to how he will balance his career with having kids. Not a thought! My dd certainly does, though, and is worried.</p>