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> that actually you know what... the more freedom women get the /less likely/ they are to work in a stem field? It seems likely enough to me that this is true
by wwweston 13y ago
> that actually you know what... the more freedom women get the /less likely/ they are to work in a stem field?
It seems likely enough to me that this is true for men, too.
- jheriko 13y agooh sure - in desperation people will take the jobs they can get, but what it does is wash out the natural tendency for men to prefer stem - which is very clear if you look at western nations and those considered to have good sex equality in general (Scandanavia, western europe) its a shame i cant find any of the studies on this to link. they are buried beneath rubbish populist/magazine articles on google... here is some wiki on something related and well studied - which would not be contentious imo if it were not for the popularity of political correctness: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathizing-systemizing_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathizing-systemizing_theory and a related paper: http://docentes.cs.urjc.es/~odeluis/Docencia/ABP/Articulos/baroncohen.pdf http://docentes.cs.urjc.es/~odeluis/Docencia/ABP/Articulos/b... i am ashamed to belong to a society that necessitates such an article saying in its opening paragraph 'Leaving aside politcal correctness, there is compelling evidence...'