The average British man is 69 inches tall & so it is universally acknowledged that men are taller than women even tho I am 69 inches tall and my closest male friend 65 inches tall. The difference exists, is expected and is remarked upon when it doesn't hold up as it often doesn't
Well, its a lot more than just the chart. That (I think) was just to show the difference between how people imagine gender - two distinct lines - and how it actually is - overlapping hugely.
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It's NOT a lot more than just the chart. It was not even an actual chart. It was a drawing of a chart. Is it how people do science these days? You just make a claim, draw a mock chart, expect the reader to imagine the rest and accept the conclusion? Something's missing here.
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Yes, a lot more. Here it is. Follow links. https://heterodoxacademy.org/2017/08/10/the-google-memo-what-does-the-research-say-about-gender-differences/ … The diagram was an illustration of the error in understanding populations. It was a memo on a forum for discussing diversity issues, not a scientific paper (tho it cited several).
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Meta analysis says the gender diff on ability is almost nil.
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Yep, its interest which differs. This has been known for some time. You can see it in schools.
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Damore's overall point was that gender imbalances in tech might be the result of several factors, differing m/f interests being the most concrete, and that concentrating on systemic sexism as the one-and-only possible cause was therefore never going to work.
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So, of the three factors - ability, motivation, opportunity - is it only motivation damore says is causing disparity in career choice? Does this theory also apply to disparity among different races? google has a CS programs for teens/youths. that's not just focusing on sexism.
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No, he was critiquing policies trying to increase the number of women in tech because they focussed exclusively on sexism and ignored all other factors. He was trying to reintroduce a range of other factors into the discussion. Race wasn't the subject so he didn't address it.
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As a private company, what kind of policies does google have in place to increase # of women in tech? What are those policies exactly?!?
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