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I can keep this one pretty short, I think. It’s not a complete stretch of a discussion.
Issue 1: We “let” women run our families, right? Families are the absolute bedrock of societies, because families lead to communities, and communities are everything. So women can do that — often are supposed to do that, yes? — but they can’t run companies. (Obviously they can and do, but the statement “they can’t run companies” means it’s still far more normative for men to run companies.) Companies fall into the ocean every day and it doesn’t drastically impact society. 88% of the Fortune 500 from 1955 doesn’t even exist today, and guess what? We’ve got cars that can drive themselves cross-country. We’re doing OK (well, somewhat). When families splinter, it does — it changes the fabric of communities. I got divorced about a year ago. The entire fabric of my life is different. In many ways it’s better, so that’s good — but it’s still different. It’s changed. My point is: the stuff that actually matters we allow females to do, but the stuff that’s just means to an end (work) can’t be their domain.
Issue 2: Now we’ve got some new research — look here and here — about how men are threatened by smart women. It’s a small sample size, yes — “105 men were first read a hypothetical scenario involving a woman who either outperformed or underperformed them in a Maths or English course and…
