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
Also makes sense re: interest. I went into law even though my family pushed medicine on me pretty hard because I knew where I excelled.
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Replying to @MonaIbrahim
I think we do know where our interests lie & in countries where women have most choice, they choose STEM least.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @MonaIbrahim
But it would be going too far to say social pressure & gender assumptions have no effect. I'm concerned we've been giving them 100%.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
It's more complex than either or. Perfectly reasonable result if you accept both as the cause.
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Yes, and I think this needs to be looked into rigorously. Plans here to make companies reveal their pay gaps & I'm in favour if done well.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @MonaIbrahim
No good just tallying up men & women's pay. Need breakdown for role, hours, qualifications, years worked etc. Then we can target problems.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Absolutely. You can't solve an equation if you ignore half the variables. Any solution requires all available information.
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