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Comment by shkkmo | Hacker News Reader

Really? I feel like those are horrible examples.

Professional Sports is one where we have gender segregation that directly leads to very different cultural and monetary values for careers in that field.

Trading is a field where I would expect to find a large amount of bias and outright gender discrimination, but the evidence I have for that is anecdotal.

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We have gender segregation in sports because men are stronger than women, hence better in most sports (at least the most viewed ones - football, rugby, american football, basketball (height matters here as well), hockey, ...). If there was no gender segregation, all the teams would still be all-male, and there would be no women's only teams.

>> If there was no gender segregation, all the teams would still be all-male

Possibly, but I doubt it. I do think there would still be a gender imbalance, but I don't think that we would see 0 women capable of performing at that level.

>> and there would be no women's only teams.

Why would allowing women into the top leagues of sports mean we couldn't still have all-women leagues?

I think sports segregation is BS and have yet to hear an argument that actually justifies it.

I understand the natural segregation in sports, as men are more physically fit in general, but could you explain the trading bias? I'm not saying you're wrong about it, I just want to understand your PoV more. Thanks

Trading involves a lot of risk, and people more prone to taking risks gravitate towards it. And it's been shown that overall men are more likely to take risks then women. Just a possible reason why there are more men.

Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks

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