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Well, I think the question is not whether an average woman is more or less risky than an average man, but whether an average woman banker/manager is more or les

by kolinko 14y ago

Well, I think the question is not whether an average woman is more or less risky than an average man, but whether an average woman banker/manager is more or less risky than an average man on that position. Think of that one woman per 50 man on the Wild West. How tolerant to risk must she have been to go to a dangerous land populated mostly by men. All of her family must've told her to stay home, and she had no role models to follow. Also, you mentioned that in biology it's well established that women are (inherently?) less adventurous than man. You've got research which talks about sex at conception, but I was asking about a research which proves that any such relation persists beyond conception and is not a result of sociological effects (because we're talking biology here).

einhverfr 14y ago
Well, I wasn't the one who brought up biology and in fact in my brief mention suggested there were some questions. The larger issue is trans-historicly men tend to be, well, pioneers, and women tend to follow and build civilization. To the extent that there is a biological inherent risk aspect, it is because of differences in timeframes to establish a family. Men and women are different in this regard biologically. Men can have kids when relatively old while women cannot. For this reason if you expect someone to take risks while young, this favors men over women, particularly if the risk is that one might not be as established by the time one is, say, 30 years old. It is different, for example, to require an extensive post-doc program followed by a lengthy tenure track in order to get a coveted academic position if you are a man and can delay getting married and having kids than if you are a woman.
slurgfest 14y ago
I wasn't saying anything about business. I was saying something about biology. It's up to you to find what evidence there is for the claim in business. If you want to know about biology, read a biology textbook instead of downvoting people for things you don't like to hear.

by kolinko 14y ago

einhverfr 14y ago

Well, I wasn't the one who brought up biology and in fact in my brief mention suggested there were some questions. The larger issue is trans-historicly men tend to be, well, pioneers, and women tend to follow and build civilization. To the extent that there is a biological inherent risk aspect, it is because of differences in timeframes to establish a family. Men and women are different in this regard biologically. Men can have kids when relatively old while women cannot. For this reason if you expect someone to take risks while young, this favors men over women, particularly if the risk is that one might not be as established by the time one is, say, 30 years old. It is different, for example, to require an extensive post-doc program followed by a lengthy tenure track in order to get a coveted academic position if you are a man and can delay getting married and having kids than if you are a woman.

slurgfest 14y ago

I wasn't saying anything about business. I was saying something about biology. It's up to you to find what evidence there is for the claim in business. If you want to know about biology, read a biology textbook instead of downvoting people for things you don't like to hear.