No. Just no.
Even if there was some sort of provable, conclusive evidence (and currently, there isn’t) that women are somehow inherently less gifted in math and science than men, would it really matter? Are we to tell women who are currently excelling in the field “Hey, you’re doing really well and significantly contributing to this field but, you see, I have this biological meta-analysis that quite clearly states your genes are better suited to painting and gardening and cleaning and delivering blowjobs than what you’re doing now. So you should probably just focus on what you’re supposed to be good at. And since you’re excelling at something you actually can’t do, imagine how good you’d be at the stuff you can! Also, watch your head—my sieg heil has decapitated people shorter than you!”
There’s this study conducted by grumpy ole’ racist Richard Lynn (Professor Emeritus at Cambridge University) about twenty years ago that indicated whites are inherently smarter than blacks. The study itself was dubious since it used IQ as the foundation for intelligence stratification among populations, and everyone knows IQ tests are about as reliable for predicting intelligence as lines on your palm are the future, BUT the academic community threw out all the data anyway because the study itself was anti-human. And rightly so. That’s how I feel about studies that set out to show women are inferior in certain fields.
Protip: You know you’re sexist when…
a.) You start your sentences with, “Well, I’m not a sexist, BUT…”
b.) You assume that the social role theory bears no relevance on why less women study science and math than men
c.) You feel the need to say “I know how to treat a laday rite”
Questions:
1) If I had proof that people from Africa genetically have lower intelligence than people from America, should it be considered?
2) How many logical fallacies can you spot in my sketch argument?
What type of proof are you asking for?
ReplyDeleteFor the longest time the theory was that African Americans did have lower IQs. They even had the data to back it up, but like most studies there's always a counter argument. When they collected the data they had 3 different IQ test. One was the standard IQ test, the other test was the blue-blood IQ test for the rich, and finally for the poorer areas or Black communities they used the Chitlins test. One of the questions on the Chitlins test was "Did the Beatles (Band) have Soul? A) Yes. B) No. C) Gee wiz, maybe so." The answer was yes, but this was the type of test that they gave out that "so called" proved that African Americans were intellectually inferior.
But if you do have actual tests that was accepted by everybody then by all means yes.
I am very glad you made the point of what we would do with this information. I have been preparing for the opposite side of the debate, and I can understand why the theory is there, but the fact still remains that to discourage someone of pursuing a field of their choice just because they're biologically not the best fit is outrageously stupid. I know it sounds "cliche" to say this, but a woman could find the cure for cancer.
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