| >... she believes genders should be treated differently, that's PC and sexist. Sexes are different. In some areas, like strength, they almost form non-overlapping sets. In others, like personality, there is not much overlap either. See for example:
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.... Why do you think you can motivate women and men by using the exact same thing? Biology has made both value different things. Discernible in voting patterns and gov't preferences. Here is a paper on how giving franchise to women impacted US government.. http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~iversen/PDFfiles/LottKenn... Do you think men enjoy the same things as women? Treating everyone the same is a very good way of not getting anything done. And as to stereotyping. It's unavoidable. The human brain is wired so it tries to abstract and save effort. Dealing with everyone as a total unknown is not we're set up. Furthermore, stereotypes are somewhat accurate. Moreso than social science. Obviously, if they are accurate they are useful. See for example:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rabble-rouser/201408/st... |