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https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/08/07/contra-grant-on-exaggerated-differences/

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An article by Adam Grant called\xa0Differences Between Men And Women Are Vastly Exaggerated\xa0is going viral, thanks in part to a share by Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg. It\u2019s a response to an email by a Google employee saying that he thought Google\u2019s low female representation wasn\u2019t a result of sexism, but a result of men and women having different interests long before either gender thinks about joining Google. Grant says that gender differences are small and irrelevant to the current issue. I disagree.

Grant writes:

It\u2019s always precarious to make claims about how one half of the population differs from the other half\u2014especially on something as complicated as technical skills and interests. But I think it\u2019s a travesty when discussions about data devolve into name-calling and threats. As a social scientist, I prefer to look at the evidence.