That Google memo was almost perfectly crafted to out people who don't grok social-forces explanations of inequality.
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If you think memo is state-of-art reasonableness about unequal gender representation, it's hard to see it as morale-killing shit-stirring.
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He was just trying to help! And look where it got him!
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But we don't actually know much about how biological differences are expressed in labor markets.
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Culture heavily mediates behavioral manifestation of natural attributes. And we're still deep in legacy of pervasive patriarchal culture.
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This is the intellectual crux. We treat, raise, shape boys & girls differently, and not just because boys and girls are naturally different.
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For example, when I was a kid, experts thought running a marathon might make a woman sterile. I PERSONALLY REMEMBER THIS.
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Amenorrhea is a sexist conspiracy to keep women distance runners down!
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