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"May or may not" is the same as "on average, may or may not".

• sordina 14y ago
  I'm not certain of the exact context since the comment has been deleted, but the impression I gained was that my parent comment suggested tenuously that a person could justify a sexist position taken against an individual due to a statistical bias in the sexes. I was trying to emphasise that this position couldn't be taken logically, not suggesting that "may or may not" was being applied in a non-aggregate fashion.
  • jergosh 14y ago
    This is changing the subject slightly, but to be fair, it's the same statistical bias that's used to say that men earn more than women.
    • illuminate 14y ago
      "the same statistical bias that's used to say that men earn more than women" Those statements refer to the same job categories and experience levels.