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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Dec 2017

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      I can't remember anyone ever telling me I need to apologise for my opinion. I've been told I need to know what I'm talking about but never that my gender was relevant to that. https://twitter.com/goddoesnt/status/942156120130510848 …

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    2. Paul A Davies‏ @ELTAuthor 17 Dec 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @skepticosaurus

      Perhaps men are brought up to be a bit more self-confident about their opinions. But I think instilling similar confidence in women would be a better option than telling men to shut up.

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    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Dec 2017
      Replying to @ELTAuthor @skepticosaurus

      Do you think they are? Obviously, I only know that I've never been discouraged. I think men often are more confident but I'm not sure this is culturally constructed.

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    4. Paul A Davies‏ @ELTAuthor 17 Dec 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose @skepticosaurus

      I guess assertive young girls are more likely to be called bossy, which is a kind of discouragement. There are certainly gender differences in social interaction which I assume are cultural. But of course lots of people don’t fit the mould.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Dec 2017
      Replying to @ELTAuthor @skepticosaurus

      I'm not sure how true this is. I know it has been claimed but there is a big difference between assertive and bossy. I also tend to think girls when overbearing tend to do so verbally - bossiness - whilst boys when they are tend to be physically domineering.

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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Dec 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @ELTAuthor @skepticosaurus

          On average. As you say, many kids do not fit the mould so there are bossy boys and rowdy girls.

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        3. Skeptical Dinosaur‏ @skepticosaurus 17 Dec 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @ELTAuthor

          Although, when you go on a primary school trip you will have a far more relaxing day if you choose to be in charge of the girls. They don't spend the entire day trying to kill or be killed!

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        4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Dec 2017
          Replying to @skepticosaurus @ELTAuthor

          This is true. I found boys harder when very young. As the mother of daughters, was unprepared for constant vigilance needed to prevent them killing themselves. In other ways easier. Girls more argumentative.

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        5. Skeptical Dinosaur‏ @skepticosaurus 17 Dec 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @ELTAuthor

          As a comedian once said... Boys will bully with a punch or a kick. Girls won't stop til you have an eating disorder.

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        2. Lizzy‏ @lizlozlizloz 17 Dec 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @ELTAuthor @skepticosaurus

          It’s the same with bullying tactics; boys are more prone to the fisticuffs and girls are more prone to verbal attacks and forcing social exclusion.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Dec 2017
          Replying to @lizlozlizloz @ELTAuthor @skepticosaurus

          Yes. Precisely.

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        2. Paul A Davies‏ @ELTAuthor 17 Dec 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @skepticosaurus

          I suppose the claim is that boys and girls who display a similar style of assertiveness get different receptions and that this encourages girls to be more consensual in style.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Dec 2017
          Replying to @ELTAuthor @skepticosaurus

          Yes. I am sceptical of it. I think evolutionary psychology & neuroscience explain differences in communication styles more convincingly especially as they seem to be pancultural and ahistorical & comparable degrees of assertion vs conciliation are evident in the other great apes.

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        4. Paul A Davies‏ @ELTAuthor 17 Dec 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose @skepticosaurus

          I’m dubious about the claim of evo psych to fully explain gender differences as there seems to be a cultural dimension too, and they do change across history and societies. I’m not denying a biological element, as some do -eg boys are more violent. But context plays a part.

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