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by bitops
4531 days ago
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> Perhaps the average man is less risk-averse than the average woman and therefore is more likely to enter a risky business venture. I think the general assumption for women promoting these types of events is that while this statement may be true, it's not because of an inherent difference in women and men. The difference is due to social and cultural conditioning, not because of any biological difference. |
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I am not sure I agree with this either, but like in my parent post I don't have any real evidence - this is an exercise in handwaving :)
Kaitai's comments elsewhere on this page are how I think about it - what she says makes a lot of sense to me and is a great case for why these types of events should exist. Suppose I am in some sort of bucket that is underrepresented/discriminated against/etc. My thought process would be
* The problem I am facing is too big to be fixed in a reasonable amount of time/effort (e.g. years, maybe decades of social change) * There are no experts who have solved the problem so I cannot get advice from them * However, there are others like me who face the same problem and with whom I share common ground - maybe I can learn strategies from them and they can learn from me as well