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Re:The Best Jobs Now Require You to Be a People Person by Ntrails on Thursday August 27, 2015 @06:28AM (#10128556)
It's really not difficult to recognise that two statements can be true.

On average men are better at x than women

Given a requirement for someone who is at least k good at x, one cannot make assumptions about an applicants abilities based on gender

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Re:The Best Jobs Now Require You to Be a People Person by TeMPOraL on Thursday August 27, 2015 @06:35AM (#10128571)
Yes, but if you accept those two statements as true, then it follows that:

Given x-skill is uniformly distributed among all people, you'll expect more men than women in fields which require candidates at least k good at x.

A lot of people seem to have trouble with accepting that last thing.

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