Sam writes: On the assumption that our reason is the source of the  
programming of our emotional responses, this "critique" would seem to  
identify irrationality as feminine, although I doubt the authors are  
aware of this.  
  
Again, confusing the identification of the association with the  
endorsement of it.   
  
For Sam and Tony, and others who relate to their comments, see:  
  
Feminism and Economics  
Julie A. Nelson  
The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 9, No. 2. (Spring, 1995), pp.  
131-148.  
Stable URL:  
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0895-3309%28199521%299%3A2%3C131%3AFAE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H   
  
"What *is* important to the point here, and what has been shown in a  
number of studies, is the way in which people in U.S. and European  
cultures tend to mentally *associate* certain characteristics with  
masculinity or femininity. (Nelson, 1995, p. 133n2)  
  
Mathew Forstater