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more about #genderbending Maulleigh: I play Monopoly three nights a week and never win. I'm always too cautious with my money. The guys play all or nothing. I'm always with the prudent ... more » Elizabth_Bennet: This sounds to me like the typical, oh we're not discriminating, there just aren't women [other minorities] who want these jobs, response. Does not co... more » daisen-in: The stereotype of men typically engaging in riskier behavior is often taken at face value and is not actually well established by evidence (pointing t... more » Aaron Martin-Colby: They should have mentioned other studies also working on trading behavior in men and women. Namely, women on the whole take fewer risks, but they als... more » Questioning Everything: You know what also makes big risk takers- people with untreated bipolar disease and ADHD. Testosterone doesn't have that market cornered! more » yeahisaidit: My purely anecdotal observation is that many of the most sexist men I've ever met worked in finance, and both women I know who worked at brokerage fir... more » Lymed: Maybe people who are risk takers are stressing their autonomic nervous system resulting in a change in their hormone levels. more » Sonadelite: I work for an Ivy League business school, and there are plenty of women students with strong finance backgrounds here. Moreover, we have female alumni... more » morninggloria: I've been on the floor of a major exchange, a place where "normal" people aren't usually allowed. And let me tell you, they're not lying about the te... more » Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.: The Economist always loves to take one little point and run with it. Obscure economic indicator down= nation's leader must be ousted! A few people s... more » Kali Mama: [quote]It was only a matter of time before someone used [..] a biological finding, to justify gender inequalities. [/quote] Even if that is the case,... more » schweppes: Eh, there've been a lot of studies that find lots of correlation between testosterone levels & risk-taking, male v. female, female v. female, male... more » NefariousNewt: Maybe they got more testosterone in their saliva from swapping tongues with guys? Maybe they are not really women! *sigh* Maybe risk-taking is not s... more » HarpMadness: You know, this is why I get all crazy about some scientific studies. People will take ONE study (not to mention sometimes poorly controlled or set up... more » J.D.Regent: Whew, I got a hearty chuckle out of TESTOSTERONE discrimination, not GENDER discrimination. Remember when the Supreme Court said that not protecting ... more » Highsmith: I think a lot has to do with the fact that little girls pretty much from birth on are discouraged to be aggressive or competitive (unless it's for mal... more » boobookitteh: I hate it when people who failed biology start talking about science. Take any scientific 'finding' on its own or out of context and you can 'prove... more » divabat: You lot may enjoy this: In response to a proposed fatwa by Malaysia's religious authorities deeming tomboys as a threat to national security (NO RLY) ... more » Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.: It's funny that you bring up the medicalization of gender bending kids. I'm a women and gender studies minor, and I'm fascinated by transgender childr... more » Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.: How curious that this was posted a day after I begin reading "Female Masculinity" by Judith Halberstam. I've only gotten through the long-ass introduc... more » -
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Women Aren't Bad Traders, They Just Don't Have Enough Testosterone
Trust us, it's not sexism that keeps women out finance, it's science. Or so says the Economist. More » -
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Where Have All The Tomboys Gone?
This morning we received a tip about a piece published Saturday in the Guardian on the death of the tomboy. Writer Stephanie Theobald, a former tomboy herself, wonders what has happened to all the boyish little girls.
