I'm actually sympathetic. I think women can reason just as well as men, but doesn't entail we must be alike in every detail.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
Sympathetic to women being told they don't think good? Me too! Sadly, this claim gets conflated with any identification of difference
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
It is simply insupportable for anyone to say men have a higher interest in or aptitude for anything - can only be sexism.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Yeah, I guess. There is the debate over whether genders have different average interests, which I think they do.
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Replying to @christianjbdev @HPluckrose
And it's annoying that stereotypical male fascination with machinery seems to be more valuable in jobs market than F interest with people.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
I'm not entirely sure why that is. Might be a hangover from days in which women were seen as not needing to be paid as much generally.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
No, I think it's just that we have a hi-tech economy where skills with machinery and coding pays more.
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Replying to @christianjbdev
But why do we? We have more nurses & carers & teachers & child-carers than engineers. We need them every bit as much.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
Another factor is I think it may be easier for a male to become reclusive and 'how things work' fields can be studied as a recluse.
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Replying to @Intrinsic29 @christianjbdev
Less social jobs, yes. More men quite like the idea of going a whole day without speaking more than a few words to colleagues.
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Very common for mums of young kids to 'justify' going back to work by saying they need the adult company.
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That's the main reason I'm on social media. Adult conversation during the day. I'd go nuts otherwise.
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Replying to @antihero_kate @HPluckrose and
Poor husband gets home and I yak his ear off.
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