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Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM by henrikschroder on Friday January 17, 2020 @07:36PM (#22081239)
That millennia long track record contains very high numbers of infant death, and the only thing pushing those numbers down is our ever-expanding collective knowledge of best practices regarding child-rearing.

Women aren't born with innate genetic knowledge of how to prevent SIDS, it's taken generations of studies to figure out causes and develop working practices to counter it.

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Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM by alfor on Friday January 17, 2020 @10:47PM (#22082123)
I you put a baby in safe environment and you don't touch it, don't play with it he widdle and die. Think about that for a moment. One thing for sure we were able to reproduce for millennia but let science do it for a while and see what happen.
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Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM by bluecalm on Friday January 17, 2020 @10:53PM (#22082146)
The only thing? What about progress in medicine and hygiene? SIDS is a very minor factor in child mortality.
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Re:An alternative argument for why women leave STEM by henrikschroder on Saturday January 18, 2020 @06:13AM (#22083782)
...for example...
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