By Steve Sailer
03/30/2011
Matthew Yglesias explains that a reason why there aren’t many women in engineering is because:
Women Engineers Are Jerk-Averse
Anna North notes new research on why women leave the science and engineering fields, which often comes down to women not enjoying being mistreated by jerks …
That explains why so many women have instead gone instead into law, politics, Hollywood, Wall Street, fashion, and real estate sales. They're Jerk-Free Zones. Just look at David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross (real estate) or Speed the Plow (Hollywood): not an insensitive jerk in sight!
Now I also understand why a talented engineer like James Cameron, who has a reputation for being a jerk on the set, can’t get women to audition for his movies and has never been able to find a wife. That also explains why American Apparel CEO Dov Charney, who appears to be slightly jerkish, can’t get women to model his merchandise and sits at home each night without a date.
Similarly, now we know why the mathematics department at top universities are so male-dominated: mathematicians are total jerks, obviously. Look at that Andrew Wile, who proved Fermat’s Last Theorem. What a jerk!
It’s all really quite simple when you stop and think about it.
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