Yah, she still is. She's an idiot who only looks to advance a cause, with no interest in seeking truth. I remember when John Stossel (sp?) was interviewing her about studies delving into the natural behavioral and mental differences between men and women, and she started attacking him with ad homs and saying that such research should never be done! She also said that women who are physically unqualified to be firefighters should be allowed to be firepersons, since even if they have to drag you out of a burning building by your feet, as your head hits every step, this is good since it helps you avoid the smoke.
Oh ... one more thing. If you are pervious to the latest in female rap music, you will find that women are now talking about using guys for sex, stealing their cash and then kicking them to the curb. Little Kim comes to mind. She sings, in often very vivid terminology, how to work a guy for "all he's worth" and then move on to the next one. Make no mistake about it guys -- they are after all our shit. Amazing how our legal system is set up where a guy with a net worth of 5 million dollars can marry a woman with a net worth of 50k and suddenly 2 years later she divorces him after knocking out two of his kids and gets half of the money and then monthly payments for "the little tykes." This is all bullshit to me -- I'm not getting married.
True. In other words, they are like Thunderbolt. They don't win any debates (serious debates) about these matters through logic or facts. They win it through intimidation and ad homs (and other fallacies).
Linda Levanthal,a top trader quote-''Understand it took a lot of hard work'' ''I like to cook dinner or take a walk'' Gordon G's mom quote ''Walking''
Boys will be Boys: Gender, Overconfidence, and Common Stock Investment BRAD M. BARBER University of California at Davis TERRANCE ODEAN University of California at Davis - Graduate School of Management -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract: Theoretical models of financial markets built on the assumption that some investors are overconfident yield one central prediction: overconfident investors will trade too much. We test this prediction by partitioning investors on the basis of a variable that provides a natural proxy for overconfidence--gender. Psychological research has established that men are more prone to overconfidence than women. Thus, models of investor overconfidence predict that men will trade more and perform worse than women. Using account data for over 35,000 households from a large discount brokerage firm, we analyze the common stock investments of men and women from February 1991 through January 1997. Consistent with the predictions of the overconfidence models, we document that men trade 45 percent more than women and earn annual risk-adjusted net returns that are 1.4 percent less than those earned by women. These differences are more pronounced between single men and single women; single men trade 67 percent more than single women and earn annual risk-adjusted net returns that are 2.3 percent less than those earned by single women. *********************************************** The paper is available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=139415 If any of you guys wanna take a look at it. Best, V. PS Where did the volume go????? I'm getting tired of sitting on my hands, and whenever I decide to jump in and bend some rules a bit, I get my butt kicked...
Now THAT is funny!!! Do you think she was serious? I wish I had seen that interview! She's still "hot"? She has to be over 70? I hope she is, that gives me hope that my wife has some miles left on her
Actually she was extremely serious. That's the sad part. She called the suggestion that a fireperson should be strong enough to carry someone out of a burning building (which was a point made by an LA assembly woman in defense of their having to video tape the physical tryouts to avoid the common lawsuits against fire departments for not hiring enough women) "macho nonsense."
Well it goes to show....extremists can be extreme about anything. Fortunately, as "serious" as she may have been, she has had no impact on this particular issue. There are differences between the sexes. They may be argued, but not the physical differences. Do you think she would argue that women should compete with men as equals in sports? Or is that an exception so that women can actually stay competitive? BTW, I know of some very good female traders. But trading requires very little in the way of physical prowess. rs7
I am sure there are more women trading than you realize. We just tend to be less vocal about our achievements and participation.