I do think that kindergarten teachers being all women is a big problem. If I have a son someday, I would want him to have some good male teachers that he can look up to from a young age. I had one in 5th grade and it really helped me.

Actually, it's becoming a pretty big problem not just for kindergartens, but for K-12 teachers in general. K-12 is completely dominated by women, while colleges and universities are split between STEM (male professors) and liberal arts (female)

Do you have a source for the gender split among STEM and liberal arts professors?

If you're a man, and say that you want to teach kids "people" will suspect you of being a pedophile.

Yes, and not if you are a woman. Is this 'female privilege'?

No, but it's one of the obstacles to overcome if you want more male teachers.

So we know you are satisfied with sexual politics in the US in 2016. Do the women in your life feel the same way?

Have you had conversations with other people about this stuff or have you deduced it all from first principles?

I encountered this just yesterday. Interviewed a lovely woman with a gender neutral name and a fantastic resume that I assumed was a man before getting on the phone with her. She turned out to be just as good as she looked on paper, and I'm certainly looking forward to hiring her.

I feel like gender only matters to the kind of people that gender matters to (tautologies are cool).

It would be nice if implicit biases and subconscious prejudices just went away if we started to ignore them.

It'd be even nicer if people stopped being so judgemental that they no longer judge people's unrevealed thoughts and instead base their opinion on actions. Because telling people they have a secret and unknown racist/misogynist hiding inside them guiding them covertly is probably never gonna convince anybody to change their mind.

Current research shows this is not something you can just change your mind about because you want to, sadly.

But I agree, being confrontational will not fix things. At the same time, it being subconscious makes it not a single person's fault. One can and should do better than that, but if sub-ideal situations happen (within reason), it does not mean the person is bad. So actions can be judged with this in mind for now, and everyone can be less afraid to make mistakes.

Someone questions my abilities to drive the heavy car for a long distance, but never the guys'? Let's have a look at what is happening, laugh about it and correct for it. But it has to be out in the open.

> Current research shows this is not something you can just change your mind about because you want to, sadly.

Could you link to this research? I'm curious to see what studies have to say.

Woman who have a deep internalized Misandry usually don't realize that they have a problem. Research show there is probably nothing you can consciously do about your irrational fear had hatred of Men. But its definitely problematic and needs to be corrected.

You can not have a conversation with circular logic like this.

It'd also be nice if we could decide each case on its merits without being accused of implicit biases and subconscious prejudices if our decision doesn't align with what's currently ordained as "progressive".

"The solution to all gender problems: Actively ignore all topics and articles with "woman" or "female" in the title."

How does that solve any gender problems? I don't see how me not reading certain topics solves gender problems.

Not quite sure how putting your head in the sand is a solution to anything.