We Should Give Up Encouraging Girls To Do Science, Says Glasgow University Professor Dr Gijsbert Stoet
267 upvotes | July 14, 2014 | by InscrutablePUA
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http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/07/12/girls-science_n_5580119.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

I thought this comment was especially keen:

"We need to have a national debate on why we find it so important to
have equal numbers. Do we really care that only five per cent of the
programmers are women?

"Well, actually, I don't care who programmes my computers. A wealthy,
democratic society can afford to let people do what they want.

"What is better? To have 50 per cent of female engineers who do not
really like their work but say, 'Yeah, well, I did it for the feminist
cause.' Or do you want three per cent or female engineers who say, 'I
really like my job'?"

As usual, the comments on that article are a cesspool of stupidity.
 
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