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Re:Study: Women performed better on a math test when using s... by yummyfajitas on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @12:08PM (#5978770)
Not only that, but it also means we have a simple (and cheap!) solution to the problem of female underperformance. Lets deploy the fix and be done with this, and scrap all of our other attempts at fixing this (e.g., affirmative action).

That's also a conclusion we can draw from this study, assuming we trust the conclusions to the same degree you do.

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Re:Study: Women performed better on a math test when using s... by JulianMorrison on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @12:21PM (#5978871)
Don't be so quick to throw out affirmative action.

I don't think the whole of the problem of women almost entirely absent in positions of power is "women underperform due to internalized sexism", a significant slice of it is also "affirmative action" by the sexists, passing women over for promotion, disrespecting and devaluing their contribution. If you remove one thumb from the scales, consider that the other thumb might still be pushing them out of true. (This simple consideration is, alas, lost on the current USA supreme court.)

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Re:Study: Women performed better on a math test when using s... by RodericDay on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @12:17PM (#5978831)
I think you lack some reading comprehension. My second paragraph summarizes the article.

My third paragraph on the other hand is a commentary on the tech community as a whole, which is backed by my personal experience.

Your snide "trust the conclusions to the same degree as you do" puts you squarely in the camp of those who think it's of paramount importance not to crush prejudice an inch more than is absolutely needed, though, which is a bizarrely regressive position imo.

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Re:Study: Women performed better on a math test when using s... by damarquis on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @12:59PM (#5979176)
The camp of people are both feminists and who care about making arguments based on good science called to say they want you to stop pretending they don't exist.
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