@ Nick: Da haben wir's: Schweden: Verbotene Bücher

Rüdiger, Thursday, 17.02.2005, 20:50 (vor 7605 Tagen) @ Sam

Als Antwort auf: Schweden: Verbotene Bücher von Sam am 17. Februar 2005 17:48:36:

"One of the reasons I write this is that the county government (länsstyrelsen) in Norrbotten has banned the publication of a book about gender equality because it contains an interview with a scientist who argues that the difference between men and women is not only caused by the environment, but a combination of inheritance and environment.
According to professor Annica Dahlström, one of the world's leading neurobiologists, men's and women's brains are different. Thus she has entered an area where Sweden's government has already ruled what is scientifically true and false."
http://blogs.salon.com/0001561/2005/02/12.html#a6795
(Automatische Übersetzung hier)

Hallo Nick,

das Ganze wirkt wie ein Nachtrag auf unsere letzte Debatte mit susu. So kraß, wie Du es fandst ("aufgrund dieser schrägen Sichtweise wird Politik verordnet"), fand's ich zwar nicht, aber Schweden scheint da etwas weiter zu sein:

The government bans opinions on men's and women's brains

In one respect Sweden's government is unique in the world. It has a definite opinion about a scientific controversy: whether women's and man's brains are different, or not. The first time i realised that the government had involved itself in neurobiology, was when gender equality minister [! - ed] Jens Orback in a speech about sexual deviations and living with horses [! - ed], affirmed:

- The government considers female and male as social constructions, that means gender patterns are created by upbringing, culture, economical conditions, power structures and political ideology.

Apart from taking a position on this scientific question, the government has deiced to side with the most extreme researchers: gene theoreticians who for ideological reasons state that biology can not have any saying in explaining why male and female behaviour differs.

(Zitat aus dem verlinkten Artikel).

Gruß, Rüdiger