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by galtwho 3907 days ago
the more equal a society the less likely women will opt for hard sciences

as evidenced by this doco on the "Gender Equality" paradox https://vimeo.com/19707588

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I'm on a long train ride without headphones. would you be so kind as to summarize the argument from your video?
basically a comedian asked question on why women were still choosing non-hard sciences in scandinavian countries inspite of the overt and covert equality measures. it ends up pitting one side against other. My reading is only one side had evidence and the other side used lots of emotion. Google threw up these references

1. http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/a_funny_thing_happe...

2. https://www.reddit.com/r/TheRedPill/comments/1vuho8/the_docu...