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Every time I see this, that “women are smarter than you are” reply annoys me just a little bit.
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Submitted 5 days ago by OriginEnergySux@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
aaaa@piefed.world 5 days ago
Right? Like I have every reason to believe that statistically, at least 50% of women are smarter than me. But this is a blanket statement, and that’s where I disagree
Apytele@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Oh the explanation is just that it’s a form of “benevolent” sexism that has its roots in one of the deeper layers of old-school misogyny. It basically goes like this: “women are smarter and trickier than men and use all that intelligence to lie and seduce men.” In that school of thought it’s how Eve brought down Adam and Delilah brought down Samson. It also provides a convenient excuse to publicly execute that weird old woman on the edge of town (who coincidentally inherited a bunch of land from her dead husband). Clearly she got all that land from her conniving woman tricks and is now keeping it from honest God-fearing men.
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
Why?
R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
It’s a very confident blanket statement about an individual they know nothing about, delivered with that signature Reddit snark that just always manages to piss me off lol.
aaa999@lemmy.world 5 days ago
there’s fuckin four billion of em
Triumph@fedia.io 5 days ago
Blibly@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Reddit is just another social media bait factory.
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
the gender gap in Stem and trades is easily explainable: women have a significantly lower interest in those fields
my trade is one of the top 5 most dangerous careers. 2 of my friends have died in the job. it has 98% men, 2%women. I’ve never heard a feminist advocate for more female representation in this trade. can anyone explain that?
the 2 females I’ve met in the trade were exceptional. they both worked their way into managerial positions. this demonstrates the meritocracal ideology in the trades.
women rarely make it through an apprenticeship. an apprenticeship involves a tremendous amount of physical strength, which women are less likely to possess.
my question is why are feminists not advocating for representation in military, labor, and skilled labor sectors?
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 5 days ago
Girls have a lower interest in those fields because they’re socialised differently than boys. They grow up with different priorities. Feminists have definitely argued for less gender conditioning in childhood, and that would result in more women doing your job. So I think feminists are arguing for more people to do your job, just indirectly.
Let Me ask you something: why did you get into this line of work? What made you want to get an apprenticeship, and keep coming back even though it was hard and dangerous?
FishFace@piefed.social 5 days ago
While different socialisation explains some of these gaps, it doesn’t seem to explain all of them. For example, in overall more equal societies, the gap in some industries increases, suggesting that some of the effect is quite a free choice.
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
i got into the trade because it was the most lucrative career option available to me, and I enjoyed it.
i continued and completed my apprenticeship because the physical danger appealed to me. it made my heart skip a beat and my adrenaline surge every time I narrowly avoided death. i sought out that adrenaline rush. women are not as inclined to pursue adrenaline and physical danger
I excelled in the trade because of my ability to accept my lack of competence, my competitive nature, my analytical tendencies, and my superior physical strength/agility. the latter 3 of these traits are more pronounced in males
like I said, the 2 women I know in the trade were exceptional. they displayed superior logical competence, spatial awareness, analysis, and were competitive in physical strength. these women are relatively rare compared to men.
trades are not biased towards men, it’s just that men are biologically more likely to possess the traits necessary to excel in them
protist@retrofed.com 5 days ago
STEM and the trades are very, very different and should not be lumped together. Women outnumber men by a significant margin in biological sciences, for example. And more women than men have been graduating from medical school in the US every year since 2017. Similarly, more women than men have been graduating with PhDs across the board every year since 2020
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
you’re right, they’re very different fields. stem fields have recently shown more female representation than men. i concede that point. i was wrong about women in stem
trades and military however are consistently proven to heavily underrepresent women, despite feminist efforts to change that
why is that? i think it’s because less women are inclined to pursue these fields, in part because of their obvious disadvantage in strength, and their reluctance to engage in competition, and receptivity to physical danger
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
So you just think women are shit at this job, except when not, and men are shit at this job, but less shit. Or something. You are shit at explaining yourself.
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
no. women are significantly less likely to excel in my field, due to their physical limitations compared to men.
brave_lemmywinks@lemmy.world 5 days ago
“They” tried to trick them into coding for a decade for it to just be obsolete in the end.
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
feminists complained about lack of representation in stem sectors, so there was an effort to include women. now they are included
explain to be why feminists aren’t complaining about the 9% female representation in trades?
sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Aren’t we? Maybe we aren’t asking loud enough. 😉
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
show me one example where feminists complained about not enough women plumbers, or lineman, or carpenters
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Would you mind pointing to where exactly on the human chromosome the “not interested in math” gene sits?
Zibitee@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It’s apparently x-linked recessive
itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I too would have a rough time explaining quantum mechanics to women
Mostly because I know nothing about quantum mechanics
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It’s like Jim, our mechanic, but quantumized.
hakase@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Having far more privilege in the education system ≠ smarter.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Are you saying women have more privilege in the education system?
hakase@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
Absolutely. Women have significantly more privilege in education than men do, especially when it comes to better access to higher education, and they have demonstrably better education outcomes as a result, and that’s not even counting preferential instruction in grade school.
For example, women are significantly more likely to receive scholarships and grants than men in undergrad.
Partially as a result of this lack of access, men have dropped to almost 40% of undergrad students, while women make up nearly 60%. Women also receive more doctorates than men, and almost twice as many Master’s degrees as men.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
Gottem!
Homo_Erectus@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
That implies it is easier for man to understand quantum mecanics ?
PyroVK@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
No, he would have a very hard time explaining quantum mechanics to anyone because he doesn’t understand it.
PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 5 days ago
One more microscope bro and I swear Ive got it figured out just another microscope
pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 5 days ago
To be fair understanding it might not make it easier to explain, might actually make it harder.
NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 5 days ago
If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics.
LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.”
13igTyme@piefed.social 5 days ago
My knowledge of quantum mechanics is both bad and good. It’s unknown exactly until I open the book.
0ops@piefed.zip 5 days ago
It’s not so much the understanding that’s the issue but the explaining
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Tell us what you can explain without understanding.
jj4211@lemmy.world 5 days ago
I had this happen to me once.
A woman asked me what was wrong with some technical thing and I explain that everything is just on crack and that’s why it didn’t work.
A bit offended, she declared she could handle a more technical explanation than that.
My response: “Well I can’t”
naeap@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
I actually explain all my technical problems to my wife and by explaining I usually find the issue
On the other hand, she does the same with me, so we’re evening each other out
But this man-woman bullshit is just … Well, bullshit
affenlehrer@feddit.org 5 days ago
In software development it’s called rubber ducking
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world 5 days ago
THERES BUGS IN THE COMPUTERS 🐜 🐜 🐜