Male Domination of Philosphy

[Ghost14]

Re: Male Domination of Philosphy

I remember reading an article about a study (granted, just one study) which found that even among twins, raised in a similar environment, men tended to dominate **both **extremes of intelligence. Women, on average, were found to be more intelligent. It might help to explain the disparity in a field like philosophy. Of course, I’m not talking historically because obviously women didn’t have a voice in the past, I mean more recently. And I assume that’s what OP meant, that even today, men outnumber women in philosophy.

@Theorist

^absolutely. Women have been discouraged or have been silenced as if their opinions don’t matter or are not worth entertaining. This repeated behavior has proven to be very damaging. We still haven’t recovered. As you can see, people would go as far as claiming this is evolution at play. Ridiculous.

What? When a BS statistic like women only earning 70 cents to a dollar can dominate elections, it’s kind of funny to say that women don’t have a voice. Businesses are increasingly catering to women. Many debate societies have even had “The End of Men” as a topic. Let’s stop this “women don’t have a voice” nonsense. It no longer applies (in the West at least).

Developing countries are another matter, and that’s where progress is sorely needed.