apricot7

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   by apricot7 13y ago

   Quinnchr, I can't reply to you, so I'll reply here instead. This suggests to me an inequitable society. A society where at a young age women are already taught that they aren't supposed to be good at math. The article you l
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   by apricot7 13y ago

   There was a similar charade a few weeks back when a PNAS paper about differences in the connections between male and female subjects (concluding that males connected more strongly front to back, females more strongly laterally) [...] roun
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   by apricot7 13y ago

   Is it really ridiculous to suggest that gender differences would be minimized in a more equal society? It depends on how we define "equal". Imagine a human society in which the physical strength of men and women are equal, and a
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   by apricot7 13y ago

   I meant "curious to hear", not "curious to here". Editing my post seems to have no effect.
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   by apricot7 13y ago

   Of course. The full quote from the study: ----- Sex differences in juvenile activities, such as rough and tumble play, peer preferences, and infant interest, share similarities in humans and monkeys. Thus if activity preferences shape toy p
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   by apricot7 13y ago

   Now, do you have anything at all cogent to say about the obvious cultural and economic forces that create differences? Let's think about this. We know there are differences in brain chemistry between males and females, and those diff
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   by apricot7 13y ago

   Let's look back to the boys ten years ago who didn't start programming, because they didn't want to be socially ostracized and passed over as a potential romantic partner. Are those boys to blame for their decision? If not,