tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post4427548715622803291..comments2023-10-31T05:07:19.353-04:00Comments on Delenda est Carthago: I Got Your “Empowerment” Right Here, Baby . . .Dr. Φhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14086783503820477029noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-90979952796017219152014-01-17T09:06:56.453-05:002014-01-17T09:06:56.453-05:00For the record, I am "encouraging" my on...For the record, I am "encouraging" my only child to go into nursing to the tune of 16 large a year for 4 years. So, yes, I am a believer that it is good for her even though I know she is more than smart enough to be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer.<br /><br />--HaleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-55849602068079213232014-01-16T16:31:48.479-05:002014-01-16T16:31:48.479-05:00The sad part is that the audience likely believed ...The sad part is that the audience likely believed the IQ, wage gap, and "gotta have more immigrants now!" falsehoods.<br /><br />Moreover, had a man said that men were 5 pts above women in IQ, he would have been pilloried, despite being closer to the truth. #everydaysexism<br /><br /><i>"Girls in Georgia and Tennessee are told to be nurses"</i><br /><br />I know that we're supposed to be outraged by this, but I'm having a hard time with the "so what?" here. <br /><br />Which is better? To steer girls toward occupations to which they're likely a better fit, or to steer them toward occupations to which they're likely to rack up a bunch of debt, and then leave medicine entirely at rates far more than men?<br /><br />Then there's the flip side to this faux outrage, that PH touched upon. Where/what are men of average IQ (i.e., around 100) encouraged to do? Other than go into the service, that is? Where are the keynote speakers raising men's consciousness on the public dime to encourage men to graduate from HS and college and go into the white-collar professions?Elusive Wapitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825547465295622621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29763791.post-55889714762346054622014-01-16T08:13:19.593-05:002014-01-16T08:13:19.593-05:00People likely recommend that girls go into nursing...People likely recommend that girls go into nursing for two primary reasons:<br /><br />1. It is one of the few career fields that is always hiring, everywhere. When it hires, it pays well enough to support a family. <br /><br />2. It isn't something that requires better than a 85 IQ to get a college degree, get hired, and be successful and required very little math.<br /><br />Compare that to the options that boys on the lower end are offered: manual labor. Military service.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com