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Re:What Happens When a Group of 12-Year-Olds Left with No Su... by chroma on Thursday December 22, 2022 @12:57PM (#34096267)
The producers most likely selected kids with personalities more conducive to the outcomes they wanted.

I don't know why the author concluded that the girls did a better job of living together. 20% of the girls left early, while all of the boys stayed.

Re:What Happens When a Group of 12-Year-Olds Left with No Su... by MontyCarloHall on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:01PM (#34096324)
>I don't know why the author concluded that the girls did a better job of living together

The author has some odd views about gender. For example, he gives credence to the idea that male/female differences in physical strength are entirely due to social factors: https://kottke.org/18/02/the-winter-olympics-male-female-phy...

Re:What Happens When a Group of 12-Year-Olds Left with No Su... by awkward on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:21PM (#34096587)
He quotes a book that states body aesthetic preference might limit performance at the peaks of women's sports. That's nothing Maria Sharapova hasn't said in a particularly sore interview.
Re:What Happens When a Group of 12-Year-Olds Left with No Su... by caradine on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:35PM (#34096738)
Wait, who is saying “male/female differences in physical strength are entirely due to social factors”?
Re:What Happens When a Group of 12-Year-Olds Left with No Su... by Izkata on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:40PM (#34096797)
I'll give you one further - a college professor/trans activist insisting biological sex doesn't exist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10fDRERJh4w
Re:What Happens When a Group of 12-Year-Olds Left with No Su... by tbvix on Friday December 23, 2022 @07:53AM (#34105248)
How bizarre. It even undermines the argument for transition - if there's no such thing as sex, what are they transitioning from and to?
Re:What Happens When a Group of 12-Year-Olds Left with No Su... by boomboomsubban on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:14PM (#34096474)
>humans are sexually dimorphic but the story doesn’t end there. Bodies are also socially constructed.

This seems to be saying that while there are gender differences, social factors also play a role.

Re:What Happens When a Group of 12-Year-Olds Left with No Su... by depingus on Thursday December 22, 2022 @01:33PM (#34096702)
Not only that, in the first 5 minutes of the boys video the kids were provided with a bunch of water guns, paint tubes, and paint brushes. Add in the fact that the place is furnished like a fun house and not a normal living space. What did they think the kids were going to do there with all that?