(Feb 8, 2019 01:47 AM)C C Wrote: On closer inspection, it turns out that these “truths” are nothing more than assumptions, and that these assumptions are inconsistent with the facts. Here are the facts:
1. Men do not outnumber women in all STEM fields [...]
2. Women and men are equally capable of doing STEM work [...]
3. Sex-linked interest preferences are not mere artifacts of socialization [...]
4. Different preferences don’t mean women’s are less important [...]
5. Men earn more because they believe they are worth more—and women agree [undervalue themselves due to cultural conditioning?] ...
Women likely undervalue themselves as a natural consequence of their people-oriented evolutionary psychology, which predisposes them to an external locus of self-worth. That's probably also why they are more attracted to "doing", which can be for others, than "being", which is primarily for oneself.