[ip26]

Aptitude for a thing is your raw capability to do a thing well.

Predisposition to do a thing is your inclination or desire to do a thing at all.

Basically the linked article finds that women are perfectly capable of doing the job, but the more choice they have, the less they want to do it.

[Planktonne]

'Predisposition' is not solely focused on your inclinations. It's absolutely absurd to say, for example, that a genetic predisposition towards cancer is desired by anyone.

What we *know* is that there is no aptitude problem preventing women from doing the job. We also know that many capable women choose not to, particularly in more equal societies.

Jumping from the above information to 'men are naturally more predisposed towards the sciences' is a massive and unsupportable reach, dependent on deliberately ignoring a host of factors and redefining words.

[missosoup]

Predisposition is unambiguous and well-defined. It means that a particular outcome is more likely. It says nothing about the cause or desire for it. You substituted the real meaning for your own agenda.

[Planktonne]

> Predisposition is unambiguous and well-defined

I agree; it isn't just about what you want.