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The University of
Virginia Bookstore News
Release
Event date, July
29, 2004
The
University of Virginia
Bookstore is pleased to
announce that Politics
professor Steven Rhoads
will be reading and
signing in the Reading
Room of UVA’s newly
re-designed Science &
Engineering Library
on Thursday, July 29,
2004 at 5:00 pm.
This event is free and
open to the public.
In
his groundbreaking new
book, Taking Sex
Differences Seriously,
Steven Rhoads, who has
taught public policy at
the University of
Virginia for more than
30 years, argues that
the modern women’s
movement has ignored
essential biological
differences between men
and women in its push
for equality. The result
has been to drive women
into the workplace when
many of them would
rather be at home.
Using
evidence from studies
conducted from the early
20th through the 21st
century, Rhoads builds a
case that delineates sex
differences as well as
their implications for
everything from personal
relationships to public
policy. Rhoads offers
prescriptions that run
counter to the last four
decades of cultural
trends and federal
legislation. His
suggestions range from
upgrading cheerleading
to the status of a
competitive sport to
downgrading the access
of fathers to paid
parental leave at
universities. He decries
the impact of Title IX
on high school and
collegiate sports,
believing it has reduced
men’s opportunities to
play sports when they
need them to tame
aggressive impulses and
bond with other men in
ways that women do not.
In
Taking Sex Differences
Seriously, Rhoads
takes issue with the
“dominant ideology” of
the past 40 years that
sees men and women as
having equivalent
natures. Instead, he
focuses on their
differences in three
basic areas — sex,
nurturing, and
aggression or
competitiveness. He
argues that these
differences are a part
of male and female
natures and suggests
that, rather than trying
to wish or legislate
them away, policymakers
should take them into
account when thinking
about public policy.
Please join us in
welcoming Mr. Rhoads for
a discussion that will
raise eyebrows,
challenge
preconceptions, and
stimulate new ideas. The
Science & Engineering
Library is located in
Clark Hall on McCormick
Road. Parking will be
available in the Central
Grounds Visitor Parking
Garage (fee charged).
This event is sponsored
by the University of
Virginia Bookstore. If
you have questions or
would like to schedule
an interview, please
feel free to email
Laura Miller at lam2c@virginia.edu
or call (434)
924-1073.
Click here for
directions to the
University of Virginia
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