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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by nurettin on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:36PM (#20307483)
it is, the drive to make it to finals and win is valuable, the drive to fail and try again, is it wise is what I am asking for the given reasons above.
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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by dllthomas on Friday June 28, 2019 @05:56PM (#20309089)
You said "Now they are occupying space more deserving people could have been." If drive is itself deserving, what makes those other people "more deserving"?

Is your claim simply that we overweight it?

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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by nurettin on Sunday June 30, 2019 @05:21AM (#20317235)
People occupying space they shouldn't is a real thing. Overriding elimination processes by trying again and again, is that wise?
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Re:Do Women Give Up Competing More Easily? Evidence from the... by dllthomas on Tuesday July 02, 2019 @07:39PM (#20340359)
That doesn't address my question.
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