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Originally Posted by Jesus H. Lincoln
So you're saying that the current trend of more women in the sciences (in my department, there are four men and four women on the regular faculty, while 50 years ago it would have been all men) should be reversed because of cultural bias?
Maybe we should work on changing the culture on its own, and in the meanwhile, keep the ministrations of the law unbiased?
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No, I would say the 50/50 balance in your office reflects a change in American culture that happened gradually. However, if a woman (or man) is conditioned to pursue arts more than sciences, naturally they should seek employment in that field. That's what I meant, sorry for the confusion.
The law should remain unbiased in most situations, but in the case of child custody the needs of the child must come first. If both parents are wholesome, tax-paying, flag-waving, good-guys, but mom is a workaholic who's never home, while dad works a 9-5 and is home on weekends, dad should probably get the kid, and for obvious reasons. What I am saying is that, given relative parity, and given a woman's conditioned behaviors of nurturing and caring, that conditioning makes her a better match for care of younger children than a man much like a person educated in the sciences makes a better doctor than a person educated in the arts despite equality in character and work-ethic.
I speak from experience concerning the science/arts dichotomy. I squeaked through Calculus and my sciences while an undergrad while the math science majors coasted through (or so it seemed). Thankfully, I was a Government (Poli Sci) major, and coasted through the arts like International Relations and Economics. When you're built for a task, you handle it better.