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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 8

      Helen Pluckrose Retweeted Gavin King  🐘

      I was just getting to that! I think the difference is that, at root, there are distinct gender differences in conversational styles, subjects of interest, social rules, but not racial ones. Also, most ppl are heterosexual which does impact a mixed atmosphere.https://twitter.com/1ovthafew/status/1005031607575687168 …

      Helen Pluckrose added,

      Gavin King  🐘 @1ovthafew
      Replying to @HPluckrose
      And yet, I speculate, you wouldn’t support racially segregated spaces. I wonder what the difference is.
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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 8

      If I were in a mixed sex group, I would be less likely to discuss relationship issues, sex issues, body issues etc. In a mixed racial group of women, I would not. There are also things men talk about & ways they talk about them that change when in women's presence but not by race

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    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 8

      And it isn't just personal things about sex & relationships & bodies which ppl might want to discuss among same sex friends but much more subtle things. I realised how how different conversations can be at a dinner party a few years ago. 4 couples who only knew the host.

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    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 8

      General conversation through dinner and then somehow, the women ended up in the living room & the men on the patio. I was the only female smoker at that time so I drifted out a few times. The contrast between topics and style of conversation was really pronounced.

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    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 8

      The women had discussed their jobs, then their children, then their parents in law, a debate about whether Jewish or Indian mothers-in-law were the most demanding, (sorry, they were Jewish & Indian, so it was allowed), then religion & culture & parenting & education.

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    6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 8

      The men, whenever I went out there were talking about things ranging from flat-screen TVs (which were new then) to car stereos to games consoles. From my perspective, it was very much like an information exchange - a series of reviews which were civilly disputed.

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    7. Ally Cinnamon‏ @allycinnamon76 Jun 8
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Yup. I once sat next to a guy (who I got on well with) at work five days a work for three years, during which time he met someone, got engaged, and then married. We must have talked about football for several hundred hours, but I never found out his partner's name.

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    8. Ally Cinnamon‏ @allycinnamon76 Jun 8
      Replying to @allycinnamon76 @HPluckrose

      This is undoubtedly an extreme example, but it does lock on to the people vs things divide.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Jun 8
      Replying to @allycinnamon76

      Absolutely! I don't even think it's that extreme. I have worked with many women and known the fine nuances of every one of their close relationships but never known what kind of car they drive, what computer system they have & assumed they didn't have a football team.

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