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The producers most likely selected kids with personalities more conducive to the outcomes they wanted. I don't know why the author concluded that the girls did

by chroma 4y ago

The producers most likely selected kids with personalities more conducive to the outcomes they wanted. I don't know why the author concluded that the girls did a better job of living together. 20% of the girls left early, while all of the boys stayed.

MontyCarloHall 4y ago
>I don't know why the author concluded that the girls did a better job of living together The author has some odd views about gender. For example, he gives credence to the idea that male/female differences in physical strength are entirely due to social factors: https://kottke.org/18/02/the-winter-olympics-male-female-physiology-and-socially-constructed-bodies https://kottke.org/18/02/the-winter-olympics-male-female-phy...
- boomboomsubban 4y ago
  >humans are sexually dimorphic but the story doesn’t end there. Bodies are also socially constructed. This seems to be saying that while there are gender differences, social factors also play a role.
- awkward 4y ago
  He quotes a book that states body aesthetic preference might limit performance at the peaks of women's sports. That's nothing Maria Sharapova hasn't said in a particularly sore interview.
- caradine 4y ago
  Wait, who is saying “male/female differences in physical strength are entirely due to social factors”?
  - Izkata 4y ago
    I'll give you one further - a college professor/trans activist insisting biological sex doesn't exist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10fDRERJh4w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10fDRERJh4w
    - tbvix 4y ago
      How bizarre. It even undermines the argument for transition - if there's no such thing as sex, what are they transitioning from and to?
discardedrefuse 4y ago
Not only that, in the first 5 minutes of the boys video the kids were provided with a bunch of water guns, paint tubes, and paint brushes. Add in the fact that the place is furnished like a fun house and not a normal living space. What did they think the kids were going to do there with all that?

by chroma 4y ago

MontyCarloHall 4y ago

>I don't know why the author concluded that the girls did a better job of living together The author has some odd views about gender. For example, he gives credence to the idea that male/female differences in physical strength are entirely due to social factors: https://kottke.org/18/02/the-winter-olympics-male-female-physiology-and-socially-constructed-bodies https://kottke.org/18/02/the-winter-olympics-male-female-phy...

boomboomsubban 4y ago
>humans are sexually dimorphic but the story doesn’t end there. Bodies are also socially constructed. This seems to be saying that while there are gender differences, social factors also play a role.
awkward 4y ago
He quotes a book that states body aesthetic preference might limit performance at the peaks of women's sports. That's nothing Maria Sharapova hasn't said in a particularly sore interview.
caradine 4y ago
Wait, who is saying “male/female differences in physical strength are entirely due to social factors”?
- Izkata 4y ago
  I'll give you one further - a college professor/trans activist insisting biological sex doesn't exist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10fDRERJh4w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10fDRERJh4w
  - tbvix 4y ago
    How bizarre. It even undermines the argument for transition - if there's no such thing as sex, what are they transitioning from and to?

discardedrefuse 4y ago

Not only that, in the first 5 minutes of the boys video the kids were provided with a bunch of water guns, paint tubes, and paint brushes. Add in the fact that the place is furnished like a fun house and not a normal living space. What did they think the kids were going to do there with all that?