As women have more equal opportunity, the more their preferences differ from men

Re:As women have more equal opportunity, the more their pref... by DoreenMichele on Monday November 05, 2018 @06:45AM (#18381552)

"Learned helplessness" is a thing. If people have been told their entire lives from birth that X is strictly Verboten and they can only answer Y to that question, they may literally be unable to tell you that. They may not really understand it themselves. It may be literally unspeakable and even unthinkable.

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Re:As women have more equal opportunity, the more their pref... by repolfx on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @05:36AM (#18389816)

Is it a thing, or is it something made up by psychologists and social activists with an agenda?

It would appear to be unfalsifiable. If someone is sure they don't want X, and you're telling them they really do want X it's just that they've learned to be pathetic their whole life and now their entire thought process is inferior to yours, that seems not only like pseudo-science but actually a dangerously extreme belief.

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Re:As women have more equal opportunity, the more their pref... by js8 on Monday November 05, 2018 @07:22AM (#18381734)

It might well be a thing but I am not sure if I can truly (or should) help somebody who explicitly says that there is no problem and they don't need help. Assuming they are deemed to be legally competent.

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Re:As women have more equal opportunity, the more their pref... by DoreenMichele on Monday November 05, 2018 @07:29AM (#18381766)

I don't know what all else has been said to you here, but I am absolutely not asking you to help such people.

You said you don't understand why other people care so much about sorting out what is biological and what is cultural in origin. A few people (me included) engaged you in discussion to explain why other people might desire to get a better handle on this.

I have no idea why you jump from that to some idea that you personally are being expected to do anything for anyone other than let such research exist so that those who do care and need it can find such info.

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Re:As women have more equal opportunity, the more their pref... by js8 on Monday November 05, 2018 @11:10AM (#18383420)

I guess it's fine if you decide to help people who don't want the help according to their own preferences, but if you want to make the society at large to help (e.g. through some customs or laws), then I should have a say in it, as a society member.

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