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by Rainymood 2851 days ago
(On average, in general) men and women are fundamentally and biologically different making some of them more inclined towards one field or the other.
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That's an extremely popular belief, bordering on universal.

(It's also extremely popular for people who believe, or at least wish others to believe, that that is a sufficient explanation for all difference in observed results—or at least those favoring men in positions of economic or social power and privilege—to misattribute all disagreement on the source of those particular differences to disagreement with the uncontroversial generality.)

How can you conclude this without controlling for environmental effects like society?
By looking at eye movements of babies days after birth.