Barack Obama powerslams Woke culture

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Chrkeller said:

For me, both sides misrepresent the gender gap. One side overestimates the issue, the other underestimates.

@pokoko, excellent point(s). Agreed.  Though I would argue the inability to do a 1:1 comparison was driven by women not being viewed as capable of certain jobs.  I'm deep in the STEM fields.  In the last 14 years, the field has changed drastically for the better.  We are making improvements.  But we shouldn't pretend that 20-30 years ago women were encouraged to stay out of the STEM.    

The reason why women choose not to go into STEM fields is largely due to biological factors. Psychological studies have determined that the biggest difference between men and women (psychologically) is interest. Men are far more interested (generally speaking) in objects, whilst women are far more interested (generally speaking) in people. This is why you largely see women overrepresented in healthcare fields and others such as HR, while men gravitate towards STEM fields.

The social constructionists have insisted for ages that it is social engineering that has pushed women away from STEM fields, but the data indicate that this is not the case. The Scandinavian countries are the most gender neutral countries in the world and the difference in occupational choice between men and women in these countries is greatest of anywhere on the planet. It is the exact opposite of what the social constructionists predicted. The more egalitarian your country, the greater the differences between men and women manifest themselves.

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/the-more-gender-equality-the-fewer-women-in-stem/553592/

Last edited by TonsofPuppies - on 31 October 2019