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When the president of [[Harvard University]] dared to question the [[politically correct]] idea that woman and man are inherently equal, suggesting that the question be studied scientifically, he was roundly attacked in the media and academia.
 
When the president of [[Harvard University]] dared to question the [[politically correct]] idea that woman and man are inherently equal, suggesting that the question be studied scientifically, he was roundly attacked in the media and academia.
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* ''Boston Globe'': The president of Harvard University, Lawrence H. Summers, sparked an uproar at an academic conference Friday when he said that innate differences between men and women might be one reason fewer women succeed in science and math careers. Summers also questioned how much of a role discrimination plays in the dearth of female professors in science and engineering at elite universities. [http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/01/17/summers_remarks_on_women_draw_fire/]
    
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