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Do bias, discrimination, and biological differences not drive preferences? Kids internalize the bias of the culture around them at an early age. Why is this a
by robertpateii 14y ago
Do bias, discrimination, and biological differences not drive preferences? Kids internalize the bias of the culture around them at an early age.
Why is this a mystery to the authors?
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"While bias, discrimination, and biological differences may have some secondary influence, they found, women simply prefer careers that don't involve math over careers in engineering, physics, mathematics, operations research, computer science, and chemistry. Why this is so remains unanswered."
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- crusso 14y ago> Kids internalize the bias of the culture around them at an early age. How are you determining the weight and timing of causative factors in order to make a nurture over nature proclamation like that?
- robertpateii 14y agoI wasn't making any sort of proclamation like that. I'm asking why the authors think that nature and nurture is not a sufficient explanation for the preferences of college age adults. I brought up cultural bias specifically because it's something that people are used to trying to change, as opposed to genetics.