House rejects Smithsonian women's museum bill after GOP bans ‘biological men' from exhibits

A Billion Years of Sex Differences by Steve Stewart-Williams review – what we get wrong about men and women

A psychologist wades into controversial territory in this counterintuitive study of nature, nurture and gender According to the evolutionary psychologist Steve Stewart-Williams, almost everyone gets sex wrong. Traditionalists tend to exaggerate the natural differences between men and women. Progressives tend to minimise them, and to assume that nurture and socialisation play a decisive role. He wants to promote a more nuanced, scientifically rig…

House rejects Smithsonian women's museum bill after GOP bans ‘biological men' from exhibits

The House has rejected a proposal for a new Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on the National Mall. The widely backed proposal had devolved into a partisan fight after Republicans changed the legislation to ensure no transgender people are included in the exhibits. The House rejected the bill Thursday, 204-216, with Democrats leading the opposition. The revised bill bans a “diversity” of views and gives President Donald Trump the final…