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Re:Fake femme fatale dupes IT guys at US government agency by gaius on Sunday November 03, 2013 @04:34PM (#6665192)
Women are people. Some are very smart, some are stupid, in the same proportions as men. For every male IT worker who's been duped by an attractive women, there's a female secretary who thinks her boss is really going to leave his wife for her.
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Re:Fake femme fatale dupes IT guys at US government agency by beachstartup on Sunday November 03, 2013 @04:53PM (#6665276)
i agree - men thinking a commitment/favor/gifts will get them sex is about as stupid as women thinking sex will get them a commitment/favor/gifts.

anyone who's ever been in an adult relationship could tell you as much.

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Re:Fake femme fatale dupes IT guys at US government agency by MrBuddyCasino on Sunday November 03, 2013 @05:31PM (#6665425)
> stupid as women thinking sex will get them a commitment/favor/gifts

You can't be serious? This happens a lot, I can't imagine how one cannot see it.

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Re:Fake femme fatale dupes IT guys at US government agency by xerophtye on Monday November 04, 2013 @12:45AM (#6667063)
I believe this was in reference to the girls duped by guys into giving up sex. Where girls think that now that they have had sex, they are bound together. Like that comment about the secretary hoping for the boss to leave his wife
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Re:Fake femme fatale dupes IT guys at US government agency by ye on Sunday November 03, 2013 @05:29PM (#6665416)
> in the same proportions as men

Women are actually smarter than men on average, or so IQ tests tell us.

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Re:Fake femme fatale dupes IT guys at US government agency by gaius on Monday November 04, 2013 @12:11AM (#6666963)
Whites are smarter than blacks, according to IQ tests too. That's why IQ testing is discredited now.
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Re:Fake femme fatale dupes IT guys at US government agency by icecreampain on Sunday November 03, 2013 @06:10PM (#6665579)
That must explain why men are outnumbered in science and business, right?
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Re:Fake femme fatale dupes IT guys at US government agency by rglullis on Sunday November 03, 2013 @06:16PM (#6665600)
Looks like someone need a lesson about standard deviations before making snarky comments.
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Re:Fake femme fatale dupes IT guys at US government agency by jessaustin on Sunday November 03, 2013 @10:37PM (#6666647)
To be fair, that was responding to a comment that was almost as dumb, although it weaseled out with that "IQ tests tell us" clause.
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Re:Fake femme fatale dupes IT guys at US government agency by euroclydon on Sunday November 03, 2013 @09:36PM (#6666412)
Or the opposite of your conclusion: Women in Science: http://philip.greenspun.com/careers/women-in-science
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Re:Fake femme fatale dupes IT guys at US government agency by ye on Sunday November 03, 2013 @07:49PM (#6665969)
What does the number of women in science or business have to do with smartness?

Most businesses are pretty stupid, if you think about it - buy cheap sell high, or produce something people need.

As for science, it's mostly tedious research by poor PhD students with professors taking most of the credit. Occasionally there's a breakthrough, a cause for celebration (and hopefully real world application).

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