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She could also be a pathological liar, secretly a man pretending to be a woman pretending to be a man or the Emir of Groovefunkistan. Once we start discounting
by skorgu 17y ago
She could also be a pathological liar, secretly a man pretending to be a woman pretending to be a man or the Emir of Groovefunkistan. Once we start discounting the facts presented as fact by a principal in the article we might as well just switch to floral teapots in low earth orbit.
This story doesn't pretend to be science, why are we comparing it to randomized double-blind studies?
- Tichy 17y agoWhy ask for science: because the story author and among others I think also you have started drawing conclusions from it ("society is still sexist", "women get paid less for equal work"). Where is the point in erecting this building of accusations if the foundations aren't sound? Unless it is just politics, which is OT on HN.
- skorgu 17y agoSpeaking personally I don't think either of those conclusions can be drawn from this article, but nor do I think they're terribly controversial as broad generalizations. I would love to see more and better science on the topic but I think there is still value in anecdotes and the discussions they result in.
- Tichy 17y ago"nor do I think they're terribly controversial as broad generalizations." I do think they are controversial, as the statistics are usually very shallow. Apart from the "dumb" statistics (basically "on average, men earn more than women"), there are also lots of papers on how certain laws that are supposed to be helping women actually have the opposite effect, and other causes for the difference. The "uncontroversial" bit is exactly what is standing in the way of finding a solution. Anecdotes are OK, but don't generalize from them, please.
- skorgu 17y agoThose are my personal views and aren't related to nor generalized from the article.