Re:Note the contradiction... (Score 1)

Perhaps 'calibrated to women's level of interest' does not imply 'dumb down'. Rather, if women prefer life sciences to physical sciences, (for the sake of argument), universities may pressure departments in physical sciences to shift their research focus to things related to life sciences to attract women. It would indeed be sad if discipline boundaries were set by political expediency. This sort of thing already happens as physical sciences departments try to win life sciences students (and their tuition money) to physical science classes.