Female Researcher: We Must Make STEM Courses ‘Less Competitive’ to Be More ‘Inclusive’ of Women

A doctoral candidate at the University of North Dakota published a paper suggesting that we should make Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) courses more “inclusive” of women by making then “less competitive,” which is about the most sexist thing I’ve ever heard.
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USA Today: Don't write off GOP yet

Not only are Republicans still strongly competitive and in some areas they are dominant. ✧ [Excerpt] Not only are Republicans still strongly competitive from the courthouse to Congress, in some areas they also are dominant. For example, they control:

• 30 of 50 governorships, including those in seven of the 10 most populous states.
• 27 of 49 state House of Representatives (Nebraska has a unicameral, non-partisan legislature).
• 28 of 49 state senates;
• A 40-seat majority in the U.S. House;
• 45 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate, enough to sustain a filibuster.

Midterm bonanza - Many of these numbers are the legacy of the 2010 midterm elections, when Republicans made historic gains, picking up 63 U.S. House seats, six governorships and 12 state legislatures (22 state house or senate chambers switched from Democratic to Republican — more than 700 seats). ✧ It's also worth noting, because so much has been made about the Hispanic vote this year, that six of the 10 states with the highest Hispanic populations have GOP governors.

Read full article by Don Campbell at USA Today...
(Hat tip: Sen. Brian Boquist via John Bell)
Senator Boquist added a bullet point: 14 of 30 Oregon Senate seats is enough to block any tax increase. Read More......