> You argue that it's as simple as just doing merit-based analysis, which implies that because women are so scarce in the field, it's because they've failed the

> You argue that it's as simple as just doing merit-based analysis, which implies that because women are so scarce in the field, it's because they've failed these impartial merit based tests. I'm arguing that it's quite possible that these impartial merit based tests don't exist. Sorry, this isn't what I meant to imply at all. That was very much a "how things should be" rather than what things are like right now.