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Reply #13: We're never going to figure this shit out, and probably that's good
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Fri Sep-15-06 02:48 AM
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13. We're never going to figure this shit out, and probably that's good |
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Women and men are different--each gender then by definition is going to be better or worse than the other at certain activities. A woman is (probably!) never going to hold a powerlifting world record, for example. But classifying one gender as "smarter" than the other is ridiculous. We don't understand our brains or our behavior anywhere near well enough to make such a sweeping claim, and moreover the potential for bias is too great both in reaching and interpreting these conclusions, because obviously we each have our identity tied up to some degree in gender. But then I don't believe any system can explain itself.
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