Haven't had the time to comment on this, but I will say that Summers actual remarks were far far worse than they were portrayed in most of the press coverage. I think professor b makes a pretty good start...
and, no, trolls, this is not about a liberal unwillingness to accept even the possibility that there are any genetic causes of differences in male/female outcomes. But, that won't stop you from pretending that it is...
One more thing, as someone who has spent a decent amount of time in academia, I'd like to say that anyone who can't see that there is substantial discrimination that adversely affects women at all levels - how they're treated in the classroom, to their treatment by graduate school advisors, hiring, evaluation, promotion, etc... is just blind. And, no, I'm not saying it's because there are a million extreme male misogynists running around - a lot of it is subtle and some of it even comes from other women - but, added all up it amounts to a pretty big additional hurdle for women.
