Men, Women and the Sex Difference , reported by correspondent John Stossel, hormonally induced haircut prices joined gay brains and race-based IQ as the politically charged science of the media moment. But, he avers, science can. To back up his sweeping claims, Stossel quoted psychologists, geneticists, anthropologists and other scientists to support hormonal, neurological and evolutionary explanations for differing gender traits and roles. Their opinions, however, were framed as calls for censorship and utopian social engineering.
Some research says yes.
Some people don't want you to hear about it. Deliberate ignorance Totally missing were the many scientists whose research and writing have criticized biological explanations of sex differences. They point out that the differences which many modern studies set out to understand are quite small, and often subtle, in the first place. Joan Bertin, co-director of Columbia University's Program on Gender, Science and Law, was also called by an ABC staffer who had no interest in material that didn't fit in with Stossel's preconceived thesis. By not including a range of scientists in his reporting, Stossel ignored a wealth of research that suggests that provides non-biological explanations for differences between men and women.