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68: Solving the Crisis of Boys and Men, with Richard Reeves

Where We Go Next

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Is There a Difference in the Averages Between Men and Women?

There seems to be a tension between this view and the belief that outcome disparities between men and women can and must be rectified. "I'm very clear that even if you see differences on average or in distributions, that doesn't allow you or in any way justify discriminating on an individual basis," he says. But based on what we know from the personality differences of men and women, it's more than 5%. It's probably somewhere around 25, 30%, I don't know, but we all should not get caught in this trap of it's either zero or 50% for gender equality.

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