A Different Look at Gender Equality. | Bryan Caplan | Escaped Sapiens #44

[@EscapedSapiens]

Note: I am currently looking for a feminist academic to balance the viewpoint presented here. If you have any suggestions please feel free to let me know here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdMjEDRe5qck8BluVfFUS05iCMeAeG1F6Htng31a9qPD8w8nw/viewform

[@Ohhhhhdude]

That shouldn’t be hard to find.

[@robertachiroli7826]

it s funny that you look for a feminist AFTER making an episode about feminism with a man that is famous for his antifeminist positions… very scientific also considering all the authors specialised in gender studies and feminist studies in universities all around the world that you could have ask to interview… who talked about bias??

[@OptimalOwl]

​@@robertachiroli7826 I'm willing to hear those specialists out and consider their ideas, but I don't see any reason to just presuppose that they know better. In addition to all the normal metascientific caveats, the general reasons why we should have respect science basically don't apply to these fields. For instance, with medicine, we can point to many diseases we've eliminated and many life-saving procedures being performed every day. 2/3rds of medicine doesn't replicate, and maybe a lot of spending on medicine is just wasteful signalling games, but there's undeniably _something_ real going on somewhere in there. With gender- and feminist studies, there doesn't seem to be anything like that. The victories all seem political and self-referential. "Our theory convinced elites that [X] is important, so they implemented policy changes to increase [X], which according to our theory is good."

[@cliffordzvengrowski2639]

​@@robertachiroli7826 Isn't that the logical order to do things in? Usually you want to let the defender speak/reply second...

[@cliffordzvengrowski2639]

I do have a recommendation. Naomi Wolf. She is nice, warm hearted, and open to logical mature discussions and evidence. You can actually have a sensible conversation with her she won't just act like a crazy 6 year old.

[@johnbunzl]

Feminism's biggest error is to assume that, just because most men are at the top of business/politics, men must have DESIGNED it that way.

[@gabibm14]

Strongly recommend the book below: The Cost of Sexism How the Economy is Built for Men and Why We Must Reshape It

[@EscapedSapiens]

Thanks Gabibm - I'll check it out :)

[@lasemillanadamas7179]

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