On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] went:

> it also pains me that this article was published in a magazine that
> features special report articles on why the wage gap between men and
> women does not REALLY exist (featuring ONLY verbal arguments, no
> figures or charts or data of any kind).

It took only about ten seconds of Web searching to learn that the
innocuously named _Women's Quarterly_ is a mouthpiece for the
hiliariously named Independent Women's Forum--read all about 'em at

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A25123-2001Apr30

  "The group was formed in 1992 by Republican women angered by the
  testimony of Anita Hill at confirmation hearings for Supreme Court
  Justice Clarence Thomas, and the prominent role played by the
  National Organization for Women and other feminist groups. Today,
  the Women's Forum has become a favored venue for conservative
  scholars, writers and policymakers to trade ideas and showcase their
  latest work on women's issues. The forum's reach inside the new
  administration exceeds the group's modest size.

  "Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao is on its national advisory
  board. Linda Chavez, President Bush's first nominee for the Labor
  job, also is on the advisory board. Lynne V. Cheney, wife of the
  vice president, is a former member of its board of directors who is
  now listed as a member-emerita."

> This seems to be a publication that is comprised of mostly
> ideological rhetoric with pretenses of passing itself of as an
> academic quarterly.

Maybe we TIPSters should offer to serve as a scientific peer-review
board.  Surely the staff will appreciate that.

--David



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