That is what gender is: it positions people socially, including culturally. The meaning of 'woman' and 'man' is subject to cultural change.
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Replying to @fronxer
I'm not sure how that relates? I'm talking abt an assumption coming from feminism that men are the perfectly realised human being
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Replying to @HPluckrose @fronxer
And that women will be equal when they start liking the same things men do in the same numbers.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @fronxer
This is most often seen when STEM is presented as better than female dominated realms like education & healthcare.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @fronxer
But also in sexuality. Women must either stop liking erotic fiction & go for visual porn more or men stop liking latter more.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
There probably are people who would argue that, but what I find more interesting is how (/why) gender-aligned preferences propagate.
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Replying to @fronxer
Evolutionary psychology is good here? Where men & women have the most choice, they choose most differently.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @fronxer
Differences observed from babyhood & pan cultural.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I've read metastudies that show that the biggest differences are observed in small samples. Also: confirmation/publishing bias.
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Replying to @fronxer
Girls speak earlier consistently. Everywhere. And have better language and social skills generally. Everywhere.
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Those who are highly able in maths are also more likely to be highly able verbally than men & consequently have more choices.
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