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So men know words related to male dominated areas like physics, chemistry, electricity, crime and war. Women know words related to female dominated areas like fashion, grooming and women’s health. I hate to say it, but water is wet.

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This was certainly not a water is wet moment. I was shocked how it looked like the female word list didn't even look like real words or at least not english words. I would expect to not know so much about some of the words but not to universally not recognize any of them at all.

It doesn't just look like it : they're mostly French words.

Sure, but I'm surprised how big the difference is.

What's shocking is that these areas are still gender-dominated. Why should they be?

Why should they not be? Men and women have widely different interests. Let it be.

Do men and women actually have different interests? Or have we all just been shoehorned into interests because someone decreed: "Let it be"?

Much of the research on the topic indicates the former. Gender bifurcation in jobs is even more pronounced in more egalitarian countries [1]. Babies exhibit different gender preferences for toys at ages less than a year old [2] [3].

1. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/02/the-more...

2. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160715114739.h...

3. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-019-01624-7

Why is it "shocking"? Why are you saying "gender-dominated" like it's a bad thing? Which areas are "gender-dominated" that you are upset about?

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