Asserting no differences exist usually disadvantages women because then it is assumed that a historically male-dominated society must still exert influence & prevent women from making exactly the same choices as men in exactly the same numbers as tho men are the default humans.
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This leads to devaluing the areas in which women are stronger on average and the fields of expertise they tend to dominate. Healthcare & education are rather important ones. It also leads to an assumption that men are routinely discriminating against and undervaluing women.
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Assuming that men and women are fundamentally different & suited for fundamentally different roles in life is usually understood to disadvantage women because it has historically restricted their career opportunities but it also disadvantages men.
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It assumes that it is always better to be expected to spend more time at work & less time at home with family whilst many men might actually prefer to work less & be with family more but be afraid of being seen as lazy, unambitious or irresponsible in a way that women seldom are
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So, just stop taking all or nothing positions, humans, and recognise different but overlapping distributions of psychological traits/interests/abilities.
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Did you see this from yesterday?https://twitter.com/pewresearch/status/938110041961451520 …
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Yes! That is what sparked this current bout of pontificating!
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Well, it was this follow-on tweet which shows the gendered difference in belief about this not to exist in the UK.https://twitter.com/HPluckrose/status/938319542274678784 …
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You mean to say the whole world would be much better if we treated people as individuals? The is heresy Helen.
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Tut tut. This would mean understanding what balance means. Very high expectations.
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Pan! Typical woman.....
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Perfect.
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I think most people who argue against this argue that the traits are purely socially created. Well they do on the liberal left culture sites I visit at least.
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