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Re:What 'Lean In' Misunderstands About Gender Differences by ninjac0der on Thursday October 17, 2013 @04:00PM (#6567756)
No, I said that as if I'm capable of a dissenting opinion. When men grow boobs to nurse babies and men can naturally incubate babies, I'll start looking deeper into the issue.

Hell, I'm willing to even look past those two. You just let me know when everyone suddenly turns bi-sexual. Until then, the differences are right in front, naturally occurring.

Re:What 'Lean In' Misunderstands About Gender Differences by marssaxman on Thursday October 17, 2013 @09:57PM (#6569341)
You are describing differences of physical structure. We had been discussing features of temperament and cognition, attributes like "nurturing", "risk-averse", "emotionally expressive", "competitive", "risk-taking", "emotionally flat".

It is an entirely unsettled question as to what degree these mental characteristics are correlated with physical sexual differences, and to what degree any such correlation derives from cultural influences; that is the whole point of this thread.

I've yet to encounter a software house where birthing or nursing babies formed any part of anyone's job description...