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A comment on James Damore and three others end Google suit. Parent comment

Re:James Damore and three others end Google suit by scooble on Saturday May 09, 2020 @10:12AM (#23124838)
Your post seems to make a set of assumptions about women's abilities and preferences (for example their ability to thrive in a hyper-competitive environment).

It's not clear why these should be any more acceptable than the claims Damore made.

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Re:James Damore and three others end Google suit by pydry on Saturday May 09, 2020 @02:15PM (#23127083)
There are some quite well documented differences in women's personality traits - particularly surrounding sociability, agreeableness and neuroticism. It's not particularly contentious to state that men and women have differing personalities. What may be contentious is the conclusions you derive from that.

Incidentally:

1) An environment filled with intellectual posturing is not "hyper competitive". The fact that you could confuse the two is concerning.

2) My post may have seemed to you to make a set of assumptions about women's abilities but it didn't (just their preferences).

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