http://mindhacks.com/2008/05/26/free-choice-and-the-female-science-divide/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2008/05/26/free-choice-and-the-female-science-divide/#comment-6644 Mon, 26 May 2008 20:03:45 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/free-choice-and-the-female-science-divide/#comment-6644 I¬¥m quite convinced of differential psychological dimensions √° la Baron-Cohen (systematic/empathic) among the sexes without being trapped too much in the “gender disscusion” or “cultural”sex wars.

]]> http://mindhacks.com/2008/05/26/free-choice-and-the-female-science-divide/#comment-6643 Mon, 26 May 2008 19:04:20 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/free-choice-and-the-female-science-divide/#comment-6643 RE your last point: the assumption is that if men are underrepresented in the life sciences, it’s because they have freely chosen other paths. On the other hand, if women are underrepresented in the physical sciences, it’s because they have been denied the opportunity (explicit/implicit sexism). In the aggregate, men are choosers, women are victims. There’s plenty of evidence to support that view in the past; I’m not so sure that there’s reason to believe that today.

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