Science is Both Sexist and the Worst

Next time someone tries to tell you either 1) that science isn't sexist; or 2) that science isn't the worst, show them this article from today's New York Times: In a Novel Theory of Mental Disorders, Parents' Genes are in Competition. For example:

Their idea is, in broad outline, straightforward. Dr. Crespi and Dr. Badcock propose that an evolutionary tug of war between genes from the father’s sperm and the mother’s egg can, in effect, tip brain development in one of two ways. A strong bias toward the father pushes a developing brain along the autistic spectrum, toward a fascination with objects, patterns, mechanical systems, at the expense of social development. A bias toward the mother moves the growing brain along what the researchers call the psychotic spectrum, toward hypersensitivity to mood, their own and others’. This, according to the theory, increases a child’s risk of developing schizophrenia later on, as well as mood problems like bipolar disorder and depression.

Yep, those men with their mechanical systems and their lack of social development, and those women with their hypersensitivity and psychosis!

For the record, the article doesn't give any evidence why genes from the father lead to the autistic spectrum and genes from the mother lead to the psychotic spectrum. I guess we're just supposed to take it for granted?