Just for those who would argue that there is not any, and never has been any, mysogony in math and science...

I gleamed the following peice of wisdom in my (admittedly old) grad-level differential equations book this morning (bold emphasis added):

We will discuss a problem which is purported to have been solved for the first time by Queen Dido of Carthage--of course, in a purely intuitive way, as is characteristic of female reasoning, especially if tricking a man and making considerable gain is the goal

Ah, how damn lovely. Jackass.

In other news, it's a good day, despite my pointing out an example of the jackassery extant in the world. *smile*