Hey! So this is a subject I though is probably kind of important to discuss. I've linked directly to my comment on r/science that explains the issue, but I'll outline it a bit here aswell.

So basically I came across a post making the claim "Men compete more when their performance is slightly above average, while women compete only when they believe they are top performers." which is a blatantly false title.

The key phrase in that title is "women compete only when they believe they are top performers". So I went to check the linked study just to find out... That statement that women only compete when they believe their top performers was a complete lie. In the outlined study, 56% of women were still competing in round 3, the final round, compared to 66% of men competing.

Soooo why is it being said that women only compete when they believe they're top performers when the reality is over half of women are still competing in the final rounds? My guess? Because is that the idea that men have bloated egos, and women are socially repressed drives more engagement.

That's issue 1.

Issue 2 is that r/Science has rules about sensationized content, its against rule 3. r/Science is also a highly moderated subreddit. I reported the post, aaaand nothing.... It's still up. Mods have pruned tons of comments, but aren't removing the post with a false claim in its title?

This to me just suggests bias in the moderation of the sub. This to me is a great demonstration about how bullshit everything is.

I read an article by the BBC recently with the title "White Men in finance are 30 times more likely to be successful than working class women of colour.". However the first line of the article was "Wealthy white men in finance are 30 times more likely [...]".

"Wealthy white men".

So.. The question is... why create the implication that the average man has some MASSIVE 30 times advantage? It's bullshit.

The scary thing is all this bullshit, all these lies can get smoothed over, and generalized into greater concepts of gender disparity, like the concept of male privilege. 5% here and 10% there gets turned into "Women don't have a fair chance in this world, and men get everything".

/rant