Shocker of the Week: Washington Times Backs Summers

On the day that Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers releases a transcript in response to his comments on how biological differences could be the reason why women don’t have top science positions at universities, the Washington Times releases an article titled, “Sex Differences Scientific.”
The article contains quotes from a panel conference at the Independent Women’s Forum (IWF), where president Nancy Pfotenhauer stated:
“President Summers is being vilified for telling the truth about women…Women have children and choose to raise those children…and neurobiology shows us women are better in certain fields than men and tend to gravitate towards those fields they do better in.”
Like fields full of babies and aprons?? Pardon my french, but give me a fucking break. The article continues to cite numerous comments made at the discussion, along with the “research” that they found proving Summers’ statements true. Pfotenhauer even chastises Summers for “telling the truth” and then backing out.
Even the first line of the article seems to have bias relating with Pfotenhauer’s statement. “Speaking honestly about differences between men and women can be dangerous, as Harvard University President Lawrence H. Summers recently proved.” Speaking honestly? Doesn’t seem too far off than Pfotenhauer’s reference to him “telling the truth”, does it?
The article does briefly describe the Summers’ incident, the feminist response, as well as a letter signed by various faculty members acknowledging the sexism in the comment. The author also mentions how the National Organization for Women (NOW) called for Summers’ resignation, yet chooses to end the article with Tammy Bruce’s thoughts. Bruce is a former NOW chapter president and radio talk show host. She believes that NOW’s request for a resignation is “close-minded” and “over the top,” saying that “They shouldn’t be so surprised when this kind of statement is made.”
Anticipating this kind of statement doesn’t mean it should be overlooked or excused. And is it really an overreaction to expect the president of one of the most prestigious colleges in the country to have nonsexist views? This nonsense and the controversy behind it is beginning to feel never-ending.