🧵 Thoughts on the "gender differences are YUGE" perspective in evo psych?
Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 12:34:31 UTC No. 16186125
My first reaction to this paper is "frequency with which a group corresponds to its typical traits is not the same as the size of differences between groups." Size is relative to reference points, a range, and there are data sets you could use for most traits that would make the difference between men and women small. For example, if you do a sex/species study you'll find the male/female differences within a species small compared to the differences between species. For example on many of the most prized "gotcha" traits that evo psychologists use to argue that men and women are like TOTALLY DIFFERENT BRO, the male/female difference is absolutely tiny compared to the human/mouse, human/chimpanzee, adult/baby, etc, difference. Take strength for example. Adult men and women look way more similar to each other on this trait than they do babies or chimps.
Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 12:53:01 UTC No. 16186160
>>16186125
A lot of datapoints, each with minimal importance is a common problem for schizos, as they are not caoable of the kind of holism needed to put it all together.
Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 15:03:14 UTC No. 16186244
>>16186125
> For example on many of the most prized "gotcha" traits that evo psychologists use to argue that men and women are like TOTALLY DIFFERENT BRO, the male/female difference is absolutely tiny compared to the human/mouse, human/chimpanzee, adult/baby, etc, difference.
Are you genuinely retarded? Yes, sexual dimorphism within a species usually implies smaller differences than comparison between entirely different species of organism. What point do you think you are making here?
The average adult male has literally 90% more muscle mass on their frame than the average adult female. Yes, the difference between adult men and babies is larger than adult men and adult women, but if you are sampling a random population the probability that the female you select is stronger than the male you select is literally on the order of 10^-4.
Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 17:23:31 UTC No. 16186418
Question: Do masculine fathers give birth to masculine daughters? Do feminine mothers give birth to feminine sons? If so, how do we increase the sexual dimorphism of our species?
Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 17:26:35 UTC No. 16186424
>>16186125
How embarrassing is it that science now has to go back and decide men and men and women are women because of the tranny menace.