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About Summers, I'm really somewhat more concerned about his being gung-
ho for deregulation...
Yes, in general, I think Obama is somewhat less attuned to and
attentive to sexism than I'd like him to be.
Marilyn Frye
On Nov 9, 2008, at 11:26 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> 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
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