In this corner, a distinguished experimental psychologist who can actually read a paper in PNAS; in that corner, John Tierney.

On Crawford's _Shop Class as Soulcraft_.

Perhaps NSFW, depending on the W.

"Women make this point all the time about the pressure of being judged for their looks. And I sorta of nod in that, "Yeah, that's fucked up, I'll take your word for it" sort of way. But the truth is I can't see it. I don't get it. It's like when women describe walking down the street and getting cat-called all the way. Because it never happens when I'm walking with a woman, I don't quite get it. It's not that I don't believe it--it's that I can't imagine it. And then one day you see it naked, hateful, right in front of you. It must be akin to being white and seeing the Rodney King video--you'd heard black people say that this sort of thing happens. But to see it... Rush Limbaugh attacking Nancy Pelosi's looks is beyond sureal--I can't even think of a good metaphor. It's beyond him giving a lecture on drug abuse. It's more than him giving weight loss tips. It's like watching Martians land, like watching a major party--in this era--hand the mic off to an unrepentant bigot."

Men, women, "babes", desires --- I hesitate between going "Yes!" and "Yes!, but...", since I think I also understand her friends. Without over-sharing, I think there is a gap between fantasies and desires which Warner might be overlooking. (Or that migh

On sex discrimination and the like, and using security as an excuse to evade the issues. "'What I think is wrong is an entire fucking security structure that is obsolete and needs to be changed,' says one retired senior officer. 'Not just for the goddamn"