bluesmama wrote:
> yared22311{at}yahoo.com wrote:
> > Class failures
> > Women's studies courses at colleges and universities teach
> > misinformation and give bad advice, says a study by the Independent
> > Women's Forum.
> > at http://www.washtimes.com/culture/20050314-102930-7757r.htm
> >
> > report is at http://www.iwf.org/
>
> I've read the article, and it's certainly an interesting read, with a
> lot of good points made; I don't agree with all of them, but I was
> surprised at how much of what I was reading seemed to resonate with
my
> own thinking.
>
> This is an interesting read, too. It's the Independent Women's Forum
> mission statement page: http://www.iwf.org/about_iwf/default.asp
>
> The cynical part of me would have been surprised had their study come
> to any other conclusion. That's one of the things that makes studies
> and statistics so difficult for me to believe or disbelieve - it
seems
> as if everyone is just out to prove their own theory correct, and
> whatever gets in the way of that gets disregarded with some creative
> accounting or spin.


Thank you.  I've been saying this for some time (whether from cynicism
or experience, I probably can't say  lol).  Because the context of this
group is what it is, some might get the impression I hold this opinion
only of feminist studies, which isn't true.  I'm generally suspicious
of studies commissioned by advocacy or interested groups in general.
Self-interest aside, I think the other major flaw in many studies
conducted under these circumstances is that they can mistake
correlation with causation.

But, as Dennis Miller says, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
:)



--- UseNet To RIME Gateway {at} 3/15/05 8:57:20 PM ---