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While I don't want to undermine the difficulties many people undoubtedly face due to harmful beliefs shared by the society at large, we have to face the issue t
by hedgew 13y ago
While I don't want to undermine the difficulties many people undoubtedly face due to harmful beliefs shared by the society at large, we have to face the issue that gender imbalances are in fact larger in countries that are more meritocratic and gender-equal, such as Norway.
Fixing poor views about gender and reducing discrimination are good steps towards a better future, but what happens after we've improved on those and the job market is still segregated in terms of gender?
Will we start seeing racism and discrimination everywhere, in places where they doesn't exist - blaming and labeling people for injustices they haven't done?
- asolove 13y agoSee, that's the beauty of the whole situation. Instead of arguing philosophy about the causes of gender imbalance, we can decide that what we're actually worried about are concrete people who should get a chance to do what they're good at, and concrete cases of poor behavior that prevent that. We can stop arguing about this issue, and go out and mentor kids who are interested in what we do, and create communities where abuse and low expectations are inappropriate regardless of who they're directed at, and make the world a better place. And that strategy will work regardless of which theory is right! Craziness. Let's go do it.