{"id":3494,"date":"2012-12-23T16:31:41","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T15:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/?p=3494"},"modified":"2012-12-23T16:31:41","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T15:31:41","slug":"paper-biological-sex-differences-in-the-workplace-reports-of-the-end-of-men-are-greatly-exaggerated-as-are-claims-of-womens-continued-subordination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/2012\/12\/paper-biological-sex-differences-in-the-workplace-reports-of-the-end-of-men-are-greatly-exaggerated-as-are-claims-of-womens-continued-subordination\/","title":{"rendered":"Paper: Biological Sex Differences in the Workplace: Reports of the End of Men Are Greatly Exaggerated (As Are Claims of Women\u2019s Continued Subordination)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biological Sex Differences in the Workplace Reports of the End of Men Are Greatly Exaggerated (As Are Claims of Women’s Continued Subordination)<\/a><\/p>\n

decent paper about sex differences in jobs.<\/p>\n

abstract:<\/p>\n

Common examples of what is perceived as workplace<\/span>
\ninequality\u2013such as the \u201cglass ceiling,\u201d the \u201cgender gap\u201d in<\/span>
\ncompensation, and occupational segregation\u2013cannot be well<\/span>
\nunderstood if the explanation is limited exclusively to such social<\/span>
\ncauses as discrimination and sexist socialization. Males and females<\/span>
\nhave, on average, different sets of talents, tastes, and interests, which<\/span>
\ncause them to select somewhat different occupations and exhibit<\/span>
\nsomewhat different workplace behaviors. Some of these sex<\/span>
\ndifferences have biological roots. Temperamental sex differences are<\/span>
\nfound in competitiveness, dominance-seeking, risk-taking, and<\/span>
\nnurturance, with females tending to be more \u201cperson-oriented\u201d and<\/span>
\nmales more \u201cthing-oriented.\u201d The sexes also differ in a variety of<\/span>
\ncognitive traits, including various spatial, verbal, mathematical, and<\/span>
\nmechanical abilities. Although social influences can be important,<\/span>
\nthese social influences operate on (and were in fact created by)<\/span>
\nsexually dimorphic minds.<\/span>
\nIt is almost axiomatic that substantial changes in the environment<\/span>
\nof a complex organism will result in changes in its behavior.<\/span>
\nTherefore, we should not be surprised when changes in the economy<\/span>
\nor changes in the nature of work are followed by changes in<\/span>
\nworkforce behavior and hence changes in workplace outcomes. For<\/span>
\nthose keeping track of the \u201cnumbers,\u201d these changes may be<\/span>
\ncharacterized as either increasing or decreasing equality, depending<\/span>
\nupon the particular definition of equality selected. Whether one views<\/span>
\na particular outcome as a harbinger of \u201cthe end of men\u201d or a<\/span>
\nreflection of continued sexual inequality of women may be a<\/span>
\nconsequence of whether the focus is on group averages or the tail end<\/span>
\nof distributions, as it may turn out, for example, that even if women<\/span>
\nmay do better as a group on some measures, men may still dominate<\/span>
\nat the top.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Biological Sex Differences in the Workplace Reports of the End of Men Are Greatly Exaggerated (As Are Claims of Women’s Continued Subordination) decent paper about sex differences in jobs. abstract: Common examples of what is perceived as workplace inequality\u2013such as the \u201cglass ceiling,\u201d the \u201cgender gap\u201d in compensation, and occupational segregation\u2013cannot be well understood if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1624],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evolutionary-psychology","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3496,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3494\/revisions\/3496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}