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Here's a blog post that provides some support for the OOP's viewpoint (esp. as it pertains to STEM careers). https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rabble-rouser
by TimTheTinker 9y ago
Here's a blog post that provides some support for the OOP's viewpoint (esp. as it pertains to STEM careers).
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rabble-rouser/201707/why-brilliant-girls-tend-favor-non-stem-careers https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rabble-rouser/201707/wh...
It seems there's good evidence that on average, biology affects career preferences to an extent. (Preference differences were even shown in 2-day old infants and (with a rather large standard deviation & n=41, iirc) primates.
The OOP's argument, to me, seemed to be primarily against institutionalized discrimination (e.g. affirmative action), which seems reasonable to me.
Not that status quo is OK. But there are probably better ways to help -- like programs aimed at introducing girls to computer programming, for example.