I Don't Get It...

Jul 20, 2010 13:26

How come the most famous people in any field (poetry? cooking? mathematics? biology? social activism? music?!) are typically guys?

It seems all too suspicious to me. Is it a biological issue? Or is it a sociocultural one? Are there other answers?

It comes after reading the following. I have beefs with each of them, but I'll post them here anyway.

1) John Tierney @ the NY Times posted this article and then this one.
2) MentorNet CEO (also a guy), David Porush, submitting a rebuttal (albeit not a very thorough one).

curiosity, bias, gender

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