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How about the difference between boys and girls? "It must be nice to think about a world in which every boy and girl is an equally-capable blank slate. But we
by nouveaux 5y ago
How about the difference between boys and girls?
"It must be nice to think about a world in which every boy and girl is an equally-capable blank slate. But we do not live in that world. We live in a world where some people are tall, and somewhat more likely to be successful basketball players. And boys find math easy, and are somewhat more likely to succeed in math.
When you start out with flawed assumptions, it's not surprising when your prescriptions (no advanced math for anyone!) are foolish and counterproductive."
This is what society used to believe. How was that productive and wise?
- naasking 5y agoI must have missed the part where girls were not expected to do just as well as the boys if they wanted to advance, and if they didn't perform as well, then we just changed the criteria for what constitutes success so the gender outcomes were equal. Women proved they were just as capable, arguably even more capable in many subjects, so we obviously do live in that world where the genders are equal in this sense.
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- nouveaux 5y agoI agree with your comment but that's not what I was responding too.