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by toasterlovin 3190 days ago
> It's worth pointing out that men also tend to outnumber women significantly at the far left end of most bell curves.

The lack of understanding around the implications of normal distributions is such a problem when discussing this topic. Another thing that most people miss is that, if you're zoomed way in on the very end of the right side, things are going to look very different than if you are zoomed out and looking at the entire curve.