No, that's not it. We absolutely do need to fear bad ideas that gain great cultural currency & become a dominant in society. We need to reason with our own moral tribes when they become infected by this in both intellectual & political thought. https://twitter.com/cultofdusty/status/970414858045968387 …
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He created a hostile work environment. I believe this part of the memo is the part that was deemed most damaging: “women tend to be more social, more artistic, and more prone to neuroticism (higher anxiety, lower stress tolerance).” It’s not a scientific consensus and the 1/2
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Oh, for goodness sake. I'll have to disagree with you very strongly here. See the metastudies on this. We must be able to bring biological differences in. Women are not damaged by being presented with biological facts and its demeaning to suggest we are. (I still adore you too)
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I’d be more than happy to see proof of scientific consensus that women are far more neurotic than men.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2031866/ … I think Damore has said that one thing he would have done differently if he had to write the memo again is not use the word "neuroticism," bc in everyday speech it has a negative/judgmental connotation that it doesn't in scientific terminology.
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The language doesn’t bother me. I don’t believe it’s backed by scientific consensus. From what I’ve seen this wouldn’t be a strong argument.
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It is tho. Replicated over and over again. Women consistently report feeling more anxiety and stress than men. They're probably not lying about this.
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Is it biological? How are these studies conducted and does social environment play any role?
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You've been sent many of them. Have a read and see. But even if you continue to believe cognitive and psychological gender differences not to exist, surely you can agree that those of us who think they do should be able to join conversation without firing?
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