Biological essentialism, in the context of gender differences, refers to a belief that men and women are cognitively & psychologically distinct. There is a female nature & a male nature. Whereas, in reality, we are strongly overlapping populations with much individual variation. https://twitter.com/ashishkjames99/status/999737040324345857 …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
1/- So, I’m not close to as smart as you or some of your followers, but the whole biological gender difference thing interests me. From what I understand, there are certain personality traits that on average are more common in women and vice versa. Ex: Women on average are higher
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Replying to @WolfgangStark1 @HPluckrose
2/- in agreeableness. What I think you’re saying is that despite average gender differences, it’s a possibly pernicious way of determining how a “man” or “woman” should behave, because despite averages, there are always exceptions and individualistic qualities that need to be
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Replying to @WolfgangStark1 @HPluckrose
3/- considered. Even if there are biological differences, it’s not as simple as bunching people up into one category or another. Am I close at all?
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Yes, exactly. The best way to understand this is to think of height differences. The average British woman is 5 ft 5 & the average British man is 5 ft 9. That's a tiny difference - 4 inches - and its smaller than the range of normal heights within each sex & there is much overlap
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But even tho the difference is tiny and we all know women who are taller than the average man and men who are shorter than the average woman, it's significant. We notice it. I'm 5 ft 9 & people remark that I'm tall which they wouldn't if I were a man.
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No-one says 'You can't be 5 ft 9. You're a woman.' That would be ridiculous. But some might say 'You can't be an engineer. You're a woman.' That would be wrong, ethically & factually, & this is overwhelmingly accepted now. Nevertheless, most ppl of 5ft 9 & most engineers are men
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