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Re: JL on Female Founders

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dgabriel wrote: post #57
akd wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Women certainly do have a greater biological imperative to reproduce than men. It's for the very simple reason that a woman's fertility starts declining in her early 20's and bottoms out around age 40 -- a man's fertility erodes very slightly and is usually in perfectly serviceable condition at age 60.

Actually, semen quality starts to decline while men are still in their 20s. See - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/02/030210080435.ht...

I have two healthy half-uncles and a healthy half-aunt, all of whom are younger than me.

Re: JL on Female Founders

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aasarava wrote: post #70
whacked_new wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is a difference between acknowledging a difference exists, and acting on that difference in a discriminatory manner. Women and men are wired differently. That much is a fact. The obvious, those of reproductive organs, are visible and nobody would deny them. Those in the head, are invisible and so somehow made into a sensitive issue, but significant differences exist. Women have a larger corpus callosum than men…

The problem about discrimination is what happens after this step: a man is unable to multitask. A giraffe is unable to eat food that is not in trees. We are in agreement, and I give you credit for explaining the point better than I did. I also probably should have been more specific when I said it's dangerous to believe that "women [are] wired for different work than men". I'm not arguing that women and men are the s…

That's a good example of what can be found where feminism and "science" intersect.

Here's a good rebuttal. http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/duke/050106

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