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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Yeah, the ratio is similar at the school I went to, as far as I can gather. It's also very obvious in the computer science and engineering departments. This is kind of a conundrum, because these fields all appear to be ones which reward genuine ability very consistently: there's extremely little room for bullshitting or cronyism in math proofs or physics experiments, so "institutional bias" and "old boys networks" seem rather unlikely as explanations. Is it just that women are subtly encouraged from a young age to think that they are innately bad in quantitative fields? Do women find them uninteresting? Some other factor or a combination?

Don't ask me. I wish there were more ladies in my classes.

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Originally posted by Zild Like I said. The average person isn't all that intelligent.

Haha aren't you just brilliantly funny.

Seriously, how the hell is someone supposed to know that shit? Give me a break... people don't just "figure it out".

LOL @ THIS THREAD! I love it.
Drunk convos FTW!



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Originally posted by Theresa Haha aren't you just brilliantly funny. Seriously, how the hell is someone supposed to know that shit? Give me a break... people don't just "figure it out".

I am pretty funny. How do you know. Hmm I could write a book on that maybe can start with asking questions. Like, "mommy what the fuck are these tampon things that are under the sink" , well I don't have to elaborate I'm sure you can think of endless other ways from that one example.

And yes DRUNK convos rule! I almost threw up earlier but now I'm drinking again.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles All families should keep a good medical reference book around. Naturally inquisitive children will find it pretty fascinating. For the rest, there is health class, which they will pay no attention in.

And these days, all kids lucky enough to have the Internet will have Wikipedia!

The glories of the Information Age.

Yeah I had to look it up in the old fashioned printed encyclopedia.

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Originally posted by Zild I am pretty funny. How do you know. Hmm I could write a book on that maybe can start with asking questions. Like, "mommy what the fuck are these tampon things that are under the sink" , well I don't have to elaborate I'm sure you can think of endless other ways from that one example. And yes DRUNK convos rule! I almost threw up earlier but now I'm drinking again.

So your mother sat you down and explained to you that in order for mommy to get pregnant she needs to shed her uteral lining on a monthly basis?

Fine.

My mother had cancer and subsequently had a hysterectomy when I was 4, so I never saw "tampons" etc. in the house. I was only told that when I became a woman, I would start to bleed. That was it.

I wasn't told more than that.

Nothing wrong at with having to read about it. Educate yourself anyway you can. Even to this day if I have a question or I am interested in something I read about it or look it up on line. Knowledge is power people!!!

Google is my God.

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Originally posted by Theresa people don't just "figure it out".

It's not that hard to figure out - menstruation is clearly just god's way of showing you that he hates the fact that he made you female. Simple as that.

On the subject of sex ed. - our 5th grade class was divided into 2 classes - boys and girls. Girls were taught how guys work and boys were taught how girls work. That's it. We didn't get to learn about how we worked. I am not sure what the reasoning behind this was - perhaps they wished to stimulate or suppress self-exploration.

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Originally posted by Theresa So your mother sat you down and explained to you that in order for mommy to get pregnant she needs to shed her uteral lining on a monthly basis? Fine. My mother had cancer and subsequently had a hysterectomy when I was 4, so I never saw "tampons" etc. in the house. I was only told that when I became a woman, I would start to bleed. That was it. I wasn't told more than that.

Shit I made up an example off the top of my head. I'm sure that isn't how I learned about it. Please though try to use any imagination you may have to come up with many other ways someone might learn. It isn't too hard if you try. Let's not play the sympathy card here in defense of ignorance.

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Kill the women. Eat the children.
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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On On the subject of sex ed. - our 5th grade class was divided into 2 classes - boys and girls. Girls were taught how guys work and boys were taught how girls work. That's it. We didn't get to learn about how we worked. I am not sure what the reasoning behind this was - perhaps they wished to stimulate or suppress self-exploration.

That is ao wrong. In order for one to be knowledged about it all, they have to know about them selves first.