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> we've reached the point where the only acceptable cause to > claim is "sexism". I disagree. The differences could be societal, cultural or biological. For e
by bArray 6y ago
> we've reached the point where the only acceptable cause to
> claim is "sexism".
I disagree. The differences could be societal, cultural or biological. For example, I don't think it's contested that at least some women pick some career choices due to the want to have/raise children. People could argue indefinitely as to exactly how much influence each factor plays, but to call 'sexism' simply because there are gender differences seems incorrect.
- luckylion 6y agoI understood the comment you replied to as sexism being the only cause acceptable to society at large. If you suggest different reasons, you'd get in trouble if you worked at Google for example.
- bArray 6y ago> sexism being the only cause acceptable to society at large That's how I understood it. > If you suggest different reasons, you'd get in trouble if > you worked at Google for example. Unfortunately, it seems so. And this is the same most places I've experienced. In academia for example, you couldn't even pose the question in most places - there would be protests, your tenure would be under review, your funding would be cut - to name a few possibilities. If academics are nothing, they are overly cautious. You have to ask yourself for example why the term "intellectual dark web" was coined [1]. They don't refer to them as 'wrong' or 'conspiracy theorists', they just pose different questions, and for that alone they were ostracized. I refuse to live in a world where even posing the question is not possible. If Google won't dare hire me, I'll build my own theme park with blackjack and hookers [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_Dark_Web https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_Dark_Web [2] https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-going-to-build-my-own-theme-park-with-blackjack-and-hookers https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/im-going-to-build-my-own-them...