MBlume comments on Of Gender and Rationality - Less Wrong

41 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 16 April 2009 12:56AM

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Comment author: MBlume 16 April 2009 03:59:11AM 7 points [-]

My female friends and family have often reacted to criticism of their ideas with what I (a man) found to be an overly defensive posture.

While acknowledging that we're talking about a small sample size here, this matches my experiences -- especially in the area of religion.

We could be a lot more welcoming if we knew who we were welcoming.

Agreed.

Down votes should be followed by comments that explain them whenever possible.

This can be time-consuming -- it's a good ideal, but we should not have a norm of down-votes requiring an explanation.

And in critical replies education should take priority over scoring rationalist points for mocking cleverness.

Cannot agree enough.

Comment author: MrHen 16 April 2009 07:00:25PM 1 point [-]

While acknowledging that we're talking about a small sample size here, this matches my experiences -- especially in the area of religion.

I wonder if you are subconsciously more aggressive in the area of religion.

Another explanation would be that religious women are inherently more defensive.