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0 pointsdionidium8y ago0 comments

Yes, this is exactly how it plays out. This isn't proof, in itself, but it does seem to have predictive power as a theory:

"Galpin investigated the percent of women in computer classes all around the world. Her number of 26% for the US is slightly higher than I usually hear, probably because it’s older (the percent women in computing has actually gone down over time!). The least sexist countries I can think of – Sweden, New Zealand, Canada, etc – all have somewhere around the same number (30%, 20%, and 24%, respectively). The most sexist countries do extremely well on this metric! The highest numbers on the chart are all from non-Western, non-First-World countries that do middling-to-poor on the Gender Development Index: Thailand with 55%, Guyana with 54%, Malaysia with 51%, Iran with 41%, Zimbabwe with 41%, and Mexico with 39%. Needless to say, Zimbabwe is not exactly famous for its deep commitment to gender equality."

Source: http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/08/07/contra-grant-on-exagger...

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panda888888y ago

It's the same concept as FU money. In societies with poor gender equality, having financial independence is a crucial and powerful defense against societal injustice.

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0 pointsdionidium8y ago0 comments

Yes, this is exactly how it plays out. This isn't proof, in itself, but it does seem to have predictive power as a theory:

Source: http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/08/07/contra-grant-on-exagger...