Comments on: Are Gender Gaps Widening? http://www.grokdotcom.com/2008/09/26/are-gender-gaps-widening/ Marketing blog focused on marketing optimization, improving website conversion rates, search engine marketing, web analytics, word of mouth, etc. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:57:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Adam http://www.grokdotcom.com/2008/09/26/are-gender-gaps-widening/comment-page-1/#comment-1063994 Adam Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:16:59 +0000 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2008/09/26/are-gender-gaps-widening/#comment-1063994 Is this just another case of confusing equality with sameness? Is this just another case of confusing equality with sameness?

]]> By: Floogy http://www.grokdotcom.com/2008/09/26/are-gender-gaps-widening/comment-page-1/#comment-1059401 Floogy Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:11:38 +0000 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2008/09/26/are-gender-gaps-widening/#comment-1059401 Why is it assumed that a gap is a bad thing? Maybe, just maybe, nature intends diversity since the sexes of any mammal are physiologically... diverse. It's possible that men will do whatever it takes in their locale to be more "assertive" and "competitive" than their female counterparts, and not too much more. Not to take the wind out of very welcome boons for equality which have come to pass, but after studying nature for long enough you start to realize some things will never change; only escalate if and when necessary to maintain a diversity which makes the world a fairly balanced place, all other planets considered. Why is it assumed that a gap is a bad thing? Maybe, just maybe, nature intends diversity since the sexes of any mammal are physiologically… diverse.

It’s possible that men will do whatever it takes in their locale to be more “assertive” and “competitive” than their female counterparts, and not too much more. Not to take the wind out of very welcome boons for equality which have come to pass, but after studying nature for long enough you start to realize some things will never change; only escalate if and when necessary to maintain a diversity which makes the world a fairly balanced place, all other planets considered.

]]> By: Robert http://www.grokdotcom.com/2008/09/26/are-gender-gaps-widening/comment-page-1/#comment-1059362 Robert Fri, 26 Sep 2008 12:34:09 +0000 http://www.grokdotcom.com/2008/09/26/are-gender-gaps-widening/#comment-1059362 Sounds like basic anthropology to me. Personally, I think this observational study would be far more interesting -- and conclusive -- had they compared testosterone level of both men and women in all the countries they looked at. In fact, it's a bit absurd that they didn't. We already know that biology has much to do with it. Regardless, this says more about a so-called gender gap between men and men, or mwomen and women, across various cultures than it does about trends within the cultures themselves. There's no evidence any way one slices it that a gap -- any gap is "widening"; just that there is a gap, and we've only just managed to observe it on face value. [opens fresh can of worms] Sounds like basic anthropology to me. Personally, I think this observational study would be far more interesting — and conclusive — had they compared testosterone level of both men and women in all the countries they looked at. In fact, it’s a bit absurd that they didn’t. We already know that biology has much to do with it.

Regardless, this says more about a so-called gender gap between men and men, or mwomen and women, across various cultures than it does about trends within the cultures themselves. There’s no evidence any way one slices it that a gap — any gap is “widening”; just that there is a gap, and we’ve only just managed to observe it on face value.

[opens fresh can of worms]

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