Right, and I get that your counterpoint is against the person above you. However, that doesn't change the context of Damore's argument, which is saying that int

Right, and I get that your counterpoint is against the person above you. However, that doesn't change the context of Damore's argument, which is saying that interests may differ due to differences in cognitive ability and that the difference may help to explain the gender gap. Those differences are well documented: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_differences_in_cognition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_differences_in_cognition And a lot people are ignoring the context, instead pulling straw men out of the text to fight, rather than arguing the substance of the memo itself, context included.