buybuydandavis comments on The Importance of Sidekicks - LessWrong

127 Post author: Swimmer963 08 January 2015 11:21PM

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Comment author: robot-dreams 08 January 2015 06:12:59PM 1 point [-]

Why do you think something ought to be done about it?

Perhaps to remove "social pressure relating to gender roles" as a confounding factor, so that people can do a better job of finding roles that are good fits for their own individual characteristics?

Comment author: buybuydandavis 12 February 2015 02:16:13AM 0 points [-]

Social pressure can be good and bad.

Social pressure that steers some people to what they would prefer will steer others away. If people have basic goodwill, what you'd expect to see is the more typical people benefiting, while the more atypical would be harmed.