> If the average difference between all men and all women on Skill X is 3%, and the average difference between any two given individuals is 30%, then even thoug

> If the average difference between all men and all women on Skill X is 3%, and the average difference between any two given individuals is 30%, then even though there are two distinct loci, gender is still an extremely weak indicator. This assumes that all qualities are perceived equally. The fact is that humans are biologically and socially predisposed to pay more attention to gender cues than almost everything else. Gender matters a lot more to basic reproduction than whether you like country and I like rap. Besides, the fact that more women are getting bachelor's degrees, etc, says nothing about which gender has more skill (which btw is taught rather than inherent), and the article never made implied that anyway. The point is, gender matters, and the fact that humans on the whole are more diverse from each other than one gender is from the other does nothing to change that.