mklg1266

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by mklg1266 16y ago
"In terms of objective reality this assumption is unwarranted. There are significant documented differences between the distributions of intellectual capabilities of genders including the higher variance in IQ for men and men's aptitude ske
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by mklg1266 16y ago
"I'd like to ask why you imagine that in any field there would be equal numbers of men and women? Or indeed why there should be any reason beyond simple preference." Listen: "Women are choosing not to as a matter of preference so there's no
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by mklg1266 16y ago
"Conversely, men are less likely to attend college, are more likely to be unemployed, are more likely be injured in the course of employment, are more likely to be the victim of a violent crime, are more likely to be incarcerated, etc etc,
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by mklg1266 16y ago
Wow. Way to not pay attention. It's not that Sorkin didn't "manufacture a prominent female character." It's that he manufactured lots of other things about the founding of Facebook, Harvard culture, and Zuckerberg's motivations that all l
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by mklg1266 16y ago
"Nowadays there aren't any barriers preventing women from taking these paths (quite the opposite, actually). It's simply that less women choose these routes." Begging the question. As you point out, there are no laws or physical barriers p
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by mklg1266 16y ago
Ignoring even Penelope Trunk's tendency to extrapolate from her experiences to the rest of the female world, the conclusion she's drawing doesn't actually follow from her own experiences. She says she's taking time away from her third start
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by mklg1266 16y ago
Part of the issue is that the whole incentive structure in education is set up such that there is no relationship between tuition and either the cost or value of a degree; universities survive/succeed on brand/rank, not value provided. This
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by mklg1266 16y ago
Mentally translate all the comments about women on Digg into comments about black or hispanic people, and then imagine how you would feel about participating. I don't go to Digg because the "conversation" there makes my skin crawl. I am not
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by mklg1266 16y ago
Professors work. A lot. Maybe not the ancient tenured ones, and not all of them, but the majority. It is far from a 40-hour job. And in the hard sciences/engineering/computer science, they could definitely be making more money in industry.
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by mklg1266 17y ago
I hate being a 20-something women. Everybody on the planet, from doctors to HN, feels the need to comment on the apparently glaring biological clock ticking over my head, and make assumptions about A) my happiness and B) my nefarious ulteri