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Universal sex differences appear in adolescents' career aspirations, study finds
phys ^ | 01/26/2022

Posted on 01/26/2022 3:27:52 PM PST by devane617

A new analysis by David Geary at the University of Missouri and Gijsbert Stoet at the University of Essex in the United Kingdom finds career aspirations from nearly 500,000 adolescents shows consistent sex differences across 80 nations, suggesting biologically-influenced preferences can play a role in gender segregation in the workplace later in life. The researchers also found a tendency for larger differences to appear in gender-equal countries, such as Finland, Norway or Sweden.

"Sex differences in career choices and outcomes are often blamed on social factors, such as stereotypes and bias," said Geary, Curators Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences in the MU College of Arts and Science. "Our study shows that many of these differences are universal and larger in equalitarian societies, suggesting there are biological influences on peoples' occupational preferences."

Geary said this study confirms what the researchers call a "gender-equality paradox," or where increased levels of gender equality in a country lead to larger sex differences, such as in occupational aspirations.

"The sex differences in interest in things- and people-oriented occupations were not only found throughout the world, but mirror those found in a study done more than 100 years ago," Geary said. "The results are consistent across time and place, in keeping with inherent sex differences that make some activities more attractive to adolescent boys than girls and others more attractive to girls than boys."


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According to the 'woke' this can't be—right?
1 posted on 01/26/2022 3:27:52 PM PST by devane617
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People push back on the most obvious thing in human existence: men and women are different. No amount of feminism will change that. The Left is in rebellion against nature and God.


2 posted on 01/26/2022 3:30:37 PM PST by cdcdawg (Everyone who disagrees with me is a Qtard blogger!!!!)
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To: devane617

Facts are for bigots.

< /sarc>


3 posted on 01/26/2022 3:36:18 PM PST by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: devane617

It doesn’t matter if it’s true. “Offensive” overrules truth.


4 posted on 01/26/2022 3:37:27 PM PST by djpg
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To: cdcdawg

When there’s nothing left but ashes after the fire, forensics will find “xx”, or “xy”. No xby, xyr, xyp, xxw, xym........


5 posted on 01/26/2022 3:39:23 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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The researchers also found a tendency for larger differences to appear in gender-equal countries, such as Finland, Norway or Sweden.

Jordan Peterson talks a lot about this - in countries with both the highest economic freedom and advancement, as well as most social choice - boys will choose "boys" jobs, and girls will choose "girls" jobs.

6 posted on 01/26/2022 3:39:29 PM PST by PGR88
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To: devane617

Once again researchers discover that water is wet.


7 posted on 01/26/2022 3:40:45 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Gwarden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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8 posted on 01/26/2022 3:41:44 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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To: devane617

Captain Obvious meme, anyone?


9 posted on 01/26/2022 3:50:48 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV)
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To: devane617

“...larger differences to appear in gender-equal countries, such as Finland, Norway or Sweden.”


Many years ago I picked up some Farsi/Dari/Persian. It’s in the Indo-European language family group. Gender for pronouns doesn’t exist. He/She/It are expressed by ‘e’. So if the feminists are right, and gender in languages is one of many things holding women back, you’d expect to see women at their most free in the nations that speak Farsi/Dari/Persian—which would be Afghanistan and Iran.


10 posted on 01/26/2022 3:51:58 PM PST by hanamizu
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Well maybe. But I know a particular math teacher who coddled the cheating creepy boys who went on to flunk out and lose full ride engineering scholarships while treating the girls like they were incapable and two of who now are headed for phds. In math.

Still trying to shake the discouragement from that old horrible creature.


11 posted on 01/26/2022 3:55:00 PM PST by stanne
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Next, they’re going to tell us men and women are born different.


12 posted on 01/26/2022 3:55:22 PM PST by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer.)
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To: cdcdawg

“A Tale of Two Brains” explains it all and is hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29JPnJSmDs0


13 posted on 01/26/2022 4:03:18 PM PST by lizma2
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To: devane617

Men have a greater interest in memorizing trivia as evidenced by the current Jeopardy champion.


14 posted on 01/26/2022 4:09:35 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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To: lizma2

Mark Gungor is hilarious.


15 posted on 01/26/2022 4:10:51 PM PST by cdcdawg (Everyone who disagrees with me is a Qtard blogger!!!!)
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To: lizma2

That was the video that I first thought of. That guy is great. All of his videos have been very helpful to me - and my wife.

My wife doesn’t get mad anymore when I don’t get around to doing something. She just reminds me. Again.

(Heh. I’m going to go take care of something she just reminded me about again last night!)


16 posted on 01/26/2022 4:14:33 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: devane617

How long before this researcher finds he has become a target?


17 posted on 01/26/2022 4:20:07 PM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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To: cdcdawg

Yep


18 posted on 01/26/2022 4:20:27 PM PST by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
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Old news. Like ... five years old.

Women Dominate College Majors That Lead to Lower-Paying Work
by Sarah Green Carmichael
April 19, 2017

19 posted on 01/26/2022 4:38:35 PM PST by Paal Gulli
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Women generally want safe jobs in cushy air conditioned offices. With few exceptions you will not see women walking on power lines in -40 degree blizzards, or removing obstructions from sewage tunnels, nor will they dedicate half their lives tinkering in their garages for no pay to invent a computer


20 posted on 01/26/2022 5:34:13 PM PST by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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