Subconscious Gender Bias Permeates Sciences.


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Both genders downplay women's potential..

> Science regards female undergraduates less competent <

Hahaha.. nerds.

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Well, as someone who was raised in a household where my mother was both a breadwinner and a science professional. As someone who's domestic partner is a science professional. Going to a school where 60% of science students and 70% of science graduate students are female.

Shash.


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> State schools 'failing girls who want to study physics' <

this surprises me because I thought england had its act together.

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RPG Superstar 2009 Top 32

It's not just the sciences. This spreads throughout our society as the article itself notes.

This goes hand in hand with your previous thread about "men becoming an endangered species." (... Where I noted that exact article.)


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*They* say our two sexes evolved in response to parasites hijacking our
ancestor's reproductive systems.

With modern medicine perhaps humanity will merge into a single sex (over 100 generations) ?

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Silver Crusade

I don't know... parasites are still good at hijacking our reproductive systems. Let's work that out first.


Some insight.


Grand Magus wrote:

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*They* say our two sexes evolved in response to parasites hijacking our
ancestor's reproductive systems.

With modern medicine perhaps humanity will merge into a single sex (over 100 generations) ?

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Its for variety. The advantage of getting your offspring a mix of genes rather than having only one source of genes (the parent) often outweighs the problems with finding a mate.


BigNorseWolf wrote:
Grand Magus wrote:

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*They* say our two sexes evolved in response to parasites hijacking our
ancestor's reproductive systems.

With modern medicine perhaps humanity will merge into a single sex (over 100 generations) ?

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Its for variety. The advantage of getting your offspring a mix of genes rather than having only one source of genes (the parent) often outweighs the problems with finding a mate.

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yep.

oh, Nerd Alert !!

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