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#1 Submitted by stephen... on February 14, 2023 - 9:05am

I thought it was well known that men and women's interests are different, though with a lot of cross-over - men being on average more thing-oriented and women more people-oriented, for example. Hence they should be allowed to cultivate careers that correspond to their interests in order to have fulfilling lives, rather than have equality forced on them.

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