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Your libertarian perspective is missing the individual humanity of the issue. It's not about systemic roadblocks, it's about society's values. Our society has
by johntitorjr 2y ago
Your libertarian perspective is missing the individual humanity of the issue. It's not about systemic roadblocks, it's about society's values.
Our society has pushed a lot of messaging towards girls and women that encouraged academic and professional excellence. Media unabashedly points out examples of successful women. That's encouraged girls to dream and women to persevere.
As a middle-class white man, the messaging I've heard is that success shouldn't be celebrated because anyone with my level of privilege should be successful. It's not uncommon for me to feel shame from national media. I second guess myself on my masculine traits being toxic.
I'm NOT advocating to be less encouraging of women. But I think we should be more loving and encouraging of little white boys so they don't grow up to become NEETs, MAGAs, or DOGEs.
Edit - Sorry to have not answered your question.
>if women are better at getting entry level corporate jobs and education-focused career paths (doctors, lawyers), is that something we should fix?
Maybe. Action could be useful, but only a delicate touch that doesn't exacerbate overshoot in the other direction.