Another element of concern in the Obama post-election is that he will
apparently appoint Lawrence Summers as Secretary of the Treasury.  Summers
was the recent president of Harvard who was sacked for making derogatory
remarks about women's abilities to be scientists.

Is Obama less sensitive about gender issues than we'd like to think?  Or
does he regard the economic crisis as such an overwhelming priority that
he will appoint anyone who he thinks can fix it, regardless of their
record on gender issues?

Marilyn Friedman