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Originally posted by Spanky
My opinion, which I think is the obvious answers, which is not backed up by anything, is there are less woman scientists simply because women are not encouraged to be scientists. I don't think you need a bunch of cross cultural studies. It is the same reason more African Americans are involved in professional sports, Asians are more represented in Engineering fields, and there are a lot of Jewish doctors. In each of these minicultures, the kids are encouraged to go into these prospective fields and they do. I don't think there is any credible evidence to show that there is any innate difference intellecutally between men and woman, asian and africans etc. I have a gazillion white trash relatives in the midwest, and none of them encourage their daughters to be scientists. They are all encouraged to work at Hooters.
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I think you mean "fewer" not "less."
And, wow. I think there are innate differences in the way men and women are wired -- certain genes linked to X vs Y chromosomes, certain stuff triggered by estrogen/testosterone/etc.
Slave, good to know your views on -- hey, why are they African Americans, but then it's Asians (not Asian Americans) but then it's "Jewish" not "Jews" or "Jewish Americans"? Please let us know, or have your agent tell us.
