Off Topic — HabitableZone

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And your point is...?

Look at a list of the great writers and orators in history. How many women? Now ask yourself why.

Look at the list of the great scientists and mathematicians in history. How many women? Now ask yourself why.

No one takes seriously any suggestion that men are inept verbally because the historical record doesn't support it. It's rather like the defense of the abilities of white people: there's less needed, except to defend wounded ego, because white people have so little to prove.

The cartoon says a lot about the wounded egos of men, but nothing about the neglected, ignored and mocked abilities of women.

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