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Re:Why Kids Love Garbage Trucks by rtkwe on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @10:57AM (#21753606)
The problem is it's basically impossible to raise a kid free from acculturation about gender norms to get the best data on nature vs nurture, even if the home environment is set up to be neutral about gender roles they're going to interact with the outside world which still has a lot of gender bias in job roles.

My stance is if there is a natural preference it's probably slight and even if it isn't we should build a system that silos people into jobs because most people like them may prefer to do a particular thing.

Re:Why Kids Love Garbage Trucks by LanceH on Tuesday December 10, 2019 @11:06AM (#21753727)
It's not just about denying nature, but denying all the choices along the way by so many parties. You see something like, Company XYZ hires 2/3's men for something. They are called sexist, the people working there are sexist, it is a hostile work environment, etc... and it's the 2/3's number that is offered as "proof".

Further, just proposing that nature is the cause can get a person fired.

My stance is that lack of proof is being met with lack of proof by a group that is tired of being the target of constant accusations.