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Instead of hinting at something, why not just tell us how you really feel? Is it because it's a conclusion that is generally not accepted when put in plain term
by jameskegel 9y ago
Instead of hinting at something, why not just tell us how you really feel? Is it because it's a conclusion that is generally not accepted when put in plain terms?
- Veelox 9y agoNot op but since you asked, I will draw the conclusion. Given that we observe a larger gender gap in countries that are more gender equality we can conclude that when men and women feel more equal their choice of profession diverge.
- oculusthrift 9y agoi don't think you're allowed to speak that heresy in polite society.
- Veelox 9y agoWhich is a shame, because even though it makes sense, I am not sure it is true because it isn't debated.
- aalleavitch 9y agoYou can say it as much as you want. That won't make you any less wrong, of course.
- aalleavitch 9y agoYou've got a huge number of confounding variables here that you're not accounting for. Gender equality and cultural attitudes towards gender roles are not simple metrics, you can't infer that just because some aspect of a culture demonstrates superior gender equality to another that this culture is necessarily superior in gender equality in every way. Attitudes are vastly more complicated than that, and there's no reason to believe that a society that is more progressive in one sense can't be more regressive in another.
- Veelox 9y agoIt is definitely possible that it is just confounding variables, I don't know I haven't really looked into it. One thing I know is that if the correlation went the other way, it would be a good data point that the gender gap is cultural.
- dang 9y agoThe HN guidelines ask you not to take HN threads further into ideological flamewar, so please don't. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- jameskegel 9y agoI disagree with being categorized as such, but respect your decision.