We're sitting here parceling out traditional female versus male roles. Kind of the issue presented in your original question.
I really think we need to include this stuff in our conversations abt why women dominate education, healthcare, psychology, publishing.
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But people fear it will lead to arguments they should stay there & leave STEM for men. This can be refuted both factually & ethically tho
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Yeah but if science shows women are simply more advanced in verbal skills but about the same in STEM, then we've been doing this all wrong.
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I think we have but this does not indicate that we should stop efforts to get girls interested.
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Also, must be remembered, women are not underrepresented in all STEM areas. Majority now in fields like medicine where communication key.
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They still struggle and are looked over for leadership roles.
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Quite possibly but also the case that more female doctors work part-time and fewer hours. Women more likely to seek work/life balance.
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How much of that is because of expectations that they will be the ones to take care of kids & whether that's a privilege or disadvantage?
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But also evidence men more likely to tolerate inconvenience, unsociable hours & long hours in every job and prioritise raw pay.
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So I'm curious, does our innate higher verbal capacity translate to a lower capacity for STEM fields, or are we on equal footing there?
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Equal footing with things like maths but less interest. The cognitive ability that men have higher levels of on average is spatial awareness
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This is to do with testosterone as women with higher levels have better spatial skills than those with lower. Also trans men gain it
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Might also be something to do with fact that men's brains have more connections tween back & front of lobes, women across the two.
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