> I think it's fair to say smart women's burden is hardest.
Not really. Having to make a trade-off between a high-flying career and raising a family is surely difficult, but smacks of "my diamond shoes are too tight". Many people don't get the option of doing either.
> I think it's fair to say smart women's burden is hardest.
Not really. Having to make a trade-off between a high-flying career and raising a family is surely difficult, but smacks of "my diamond shoes are too tight". Many people don't get the option of doing either.
Am I? I would very much prefer to be a woman at the top end of the intelligence spectrum than a man at the bottom of it. I suspect most people would take the same tradeoff.
The former likely has money or the ability to make it, a career, the prospect of attracting mates for fruitful relationships, and the ability to start a family (alone, if she chooses, as one friend I know is doing). The latter likely has few or even none of these things, and statistically will have worse health and die considerably younger to boot.
(This is not to discount the considerable misery of childbirth, and perhaps motherhood. But as Nate said I think it's not so straightforward to say who has it harder.)
> I think it's fair to say smart women's burden is hardest.
Not really. Having to make a trade-off between a high-flying career and raising a family is surely difficult, but smacks of "my diamond shoes are too tight". Many people don't get the option of doing either.
you are being silly.
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Am I? I would very much prefer to be a woman at the top end of the intelligence spectrum than a man at the bottom of it. I suspect most people would take the same tradeoff.
The former likely has money or the ability to make it, a career, the prospect of attracting mates for fruitful relationships, and the ability to start a family (alone, if she chooses, as one friend I know is doing). The latter likely has few or even none of these things, and statistically will have worse health and die considerably younger to boot.
I agree on a proper accounting it's tough to be definitive. There are certain assumptions embedded in the piece.
(This is not to discount the considerable misery of childbirth, and perhaps motherhood. But as Nate said I think it's not so straightforward to say who has it harder.)