Women do have greater advantages here on average. Did you see this?http://www.futurity.org/verbally-acute-women-avoid-stem-careers/ …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
The nature versus nurture argument is pretty pronounced in the general debate. Is it genetic predisposition or conditioning?
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Replying to @MonaIbrahim
Language differences? They're pretty clearly innate. Much neuroscience on this & also observable in related dyslexia & autism differences.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @MonaIbrahim
As well as pancultural differences in the age when children start speaking & how they develop & communication priorities in other apes.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @MonaIbrahim
And also measuring the differences experienced by trans men & trans women as they take hormones to change their oestrogen levels.
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Replying to @MonaIbrahim
I really think we need to include this stuff in our conversations abt why women dominate education, healthcare, psychology, publishing.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
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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Replying to @MonaIbrahim
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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Replying to @HPluckrose
I am happy to admit that my sense of direction is fucking abominable. Also perfectly willing to accept that's at least part genetic.
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It's a good excuse! Interesting that my daughter's is great & she will be one of the women in STEM. Well ahead in IT, maths & science.
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