Quote Originally Posted by MissElizabeth87 View Post
Stephanie Louise Kwolek (invented Kevlar)
As an irrelevant personal anecdote, Berendt, the man credited as co-inventor of Kevlar disagrees that Kwolek was in any way useful, for what it's worth. I won't disagree with your list point-by-point though, and I don't, either - some of those women are geniuses... some though are just mundane tinkerers, like Ron Popeil.

Quote Originally Posted by MissElizabeth87
Is she saying that these women were just obsessive?
Paglia doesn't deny that there are female geniuses or serial killers, she's said that she considers it self-evident that there are. In what might be a joke, she's claimed in an interview that her writing proves there are female geniuses. She just thinks they are markedly less common than male geniuses, and this is because men are driven to obsession by women.

Quote Originally Posted by MissElizabeth87
I'd like to point out that Wolfgang (Mozart) himself felt his sister's abilities when it came to music were equal to his. I think she could be considered the female Mozart, don't you? lol.
That's pretty funny (or at least, it appeals to my sense of humor) . I would say though that genius is an appellation applied retroactively by society in thanks for services rendered. I think Maria Mozart obviously doesn't fit that category, as everyone knows her primarily as "Mozart's sister". I'm a great fan of Mozart's music, and I had to go look her name up.

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I don't know that you can say all serial killers are actually geniuses.
I agree; but I think some of them were, particularly the most infamous ones.