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Re:James Damore has filed a class action lawsuit against Google by kharms on Monday January 08, 2018 @01:52PM (#16098910)
“Distribution of...abilities” suggests “women are worse.” If the quote merely spoke of skills I could see your point, but it speaks of abilities and points to genetics as an root cause.
Re:James Damore has filed a class action lawsuit against Google by jstanley on Monday January 08, 2018 @01:59PM (#16099003)
> “Distribution of...abilities” suggests “women are worse.”

No, it doesn't. It suggests fewer women are good. It doesn't suggest that the women in the field are any worse than the men in the field, it just explains why there may be fewer women than men.

Re:James Damore has filed a class action lawsuit against Google by swsieber on Monday January 08, 2018 @02:09PM (#16099142)
It doesn't even suggest that. Other interpretations include that women are better at non-programming skills than men, pulling them away from tech. (That would be a plausible explanation for there being less women in tech than men, given the two groups have equal tech abilities)
Re:James Damore has filed a class action lawsuit against Google by threeseed on Monday January 08, 2018 @02:21PM (#16099305)
The more obvious reason is women are sick of having to deal with an industry full of people like Damore.

I know I am.

Re:James Damore has filed a class action lawsuit against Google by 5ilv3r on Monday January 08, 2018 @03:37PM (#16100254)
You will never achieve social justice with hate.
Re:James Damore has filed a class action lawsuit against Google by Idontknowmyuser on Monday January 08, 2018 @02:04PM (#16099067)
if more woman are better at empathy ( already proven as fact), wouldn't you agree that some women might prefer jobs that can capitalize on that empathy.

this argument uses "Distribution of...abilities" without indicating in any part that women are worse at anything.

the phrase “Distribution of...abilities” does not suggest that “women are worse.”

Re:James Damore has filed a class action lawsuit against Google by mv4 on Monday January 08, 2018 @02:39PM (#16099564)
No it doesn't. It suggests that abilities may be distributed differently. People are not identical.