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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
No, YOU still don't get it. It's not me, it's the study saying this. It was already established different preferences lead to increased social outcome inequality. This study established that better access to resources and education, as evident in a more egalitarian society with better gender equality, leads to increased differences in preferences. This is the exact conclusion of the study, and I quote "This finding suggests that greater availability of and gender-equal access to material and social resources [b]favor the manifestation[/b] of gender-differentiated preferences across countries."

I'm not extrapolating anything. I'm simply quoting the study. If you have a problem with the study, you can critique it. [/quote]

There is a lot of abstract language being used in that article which I think you are taking advantage of to draw conclusions that are not necessarily supported.

That article suggests that as gender equality increases, differences in gender preference also increase. The article further claims that gender differences in economic preferences explain differences in economic outcomes. But, this flies in the face of our lived experience. Which of these two scenarios is likely to have the greater economic outcome differences:

1) A society in which women are unequal to men, do not have their own wealth, and are confined to either staying at home as parents and home keepers or pursing low-paying jobs; or

2) A society in which women have greater equality, are free to pursue advanced education, and are able to obtain high-paying jobs.

I think it is clear that differences in economic outcomes between men and women are decreased in the second scenario.

But, I really am not sure what any of this has to do with whether or not the US should have fewer Asians or how it relates to affirmative action.

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