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by daenz 3946 days ago
> The difference is not being willing to accept "oh it's just different preferences" as a reason for observed disparities without evidence.

Take a look at The Gender Equality Paradox. https://vimeo.com/19707588 Sweden, considered the most "gender equal" place in the world, has an extreme gender bias in certain professions like engineering and nursing. The documentary tries to uncover why that bias still exists, even though the genders have very little influence in terms society imposing gender roles. It's a fantastic watch.

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Such a peer reviewed source..
The host interviews many researchers who have published papers in peer-reviewed journals on both sides of the debate.
That's well and good, but the composition of such interviews itself is a synthetic action, and the result has now interpreted its sources in some particular way. Is the video itself peer reviewed? I doubt it.

Interpretation is an important part of science and itself is subject to peer review.

Unless you've seen it in its entirety, I'm not sure how you can comment on how the interviews are presented. It seems like you're suggesting that you think there's a bias in it that you don't like. Do you have a problem with any specific parts of the documentary?