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History of Feminism

ismnotwasm

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1. I had read a different article about this

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Sat Jan 24, 2015, 05:51 PM

Jan 2015

Fascinating find.

The first part of this comment irritated me:

"The hypothesis the authors advance might well be true, but it is observationally equivalent to the alternative that these fields are more competitive and that women shy away from competition," Zingales said. Further study could show this more definitively. But either way, he said, the results showed "a desperate need for education on the issue [of gender bias] at all levels."

Guy made up a wordy quote to stand against a study-- I don't think women "shy away" from competition, I think they know when the game is rigged.

The word 'genius' shouldn't automatically bring up a gender or racial bias, but it does--women and African Americans throughout history have not been given credit where due, quite the oppisite.

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New study finds that "genius" fields of work are male-dominated [View all] YoungDemCA Jan 2015 OP

I had read a different article about this ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #1

high school and college KT2000 Jan 2015 #2