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The trouble is that there are well known physical[1] and psychological[2] differences between the sexes. The same isn't true between races. It may still be poli
by TheAdamAndChe 6y ago
The trouble is that there are well known physical[1] and psychological[2] differences between the sexes. The same isn't true between races. It may still be political, but the arguments against it shouldn't be the same.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_differences_in_humans?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_differences_in_humans?wpro...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_differences_in_psychology?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_differences_in_psychology?...
- wpietri 6y agoYou're missing the point. America has seen 5 centuries of bogus arguments of the form, "the unequal status quo is in fact fine because biology". As I said right in the comment you're replying to, this happened with gender just as much as with race. Given that these arguments have been consistently proven wrong but always come back in a different form, the 21st-century versions should be carefully scrutinized to see if they're the same politically motivated reasoning. And we should never pretend that they're not political, however much they're cloaked in objectivity. Indeed, people who value science should especially object to political argument wrapping itself in a lab coat.
- ausbah 6y agoattributing underrepresentation of woman in STEM probably needs a significantly higher level of evidence than just "biological differences"