New approaches shed light on the magnitude of sex differences in personality

Re:New approaches shed light on the magnitude of sex differe... by lawnchair_larry on Saturday December 14, 2019 @06:16PM (#21793059)

Why even say this? Everyone with an IQ over 65 knows that this is obviously true.

Does anyone really think that when people say things like men are stronger than women, they believe that literally every single man is stronger than every single woman?

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Re:New approaches shed light on the magnitude of sex differe... by prutschman on Saturday December 14, 2019 @06:49PM (#21793249)

I don't think most people literally believe every man is stronger than every woman.

I think it's much more common that someone will say "of course there are some women who are stronger than most men" then go back to tending to, for example, hire men over women for a job requiring the ability to lift 60 lbs, without bothering to strength-test female applicants.

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Re:New approaches shed light on the magnitude of sex differe... by ma2rten on Saturday December 14, 2019 @08:53PM (#21793926)

Exactly, this phenomenon is also known as unconscious bias.

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Re:New approaches shed light on the magnitude of sex differe... by lawnchair_larry on Saturday December 14, 2019 @10:25PM (#21794252)

But if you really reflect on that statement, it becomes apparent that the level of irony in what you just said is off the charts.

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Re:New approaches shed light on the magnitude of sex differe... by prutschman on Monday December 16, 2019 @05:19PM (#21807999)

Apparently the irony is over my head. Could you explain?

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