Are they betraying their true nature? Would the differences between men and women be larger or smaller in wealthier countries? Thats a consequence of the free choice of men and women in the societies that have gone farther than any other societies to make gender equality the purpose of the law. This seems to be the most likely to generate the desired gender ratios, but at some point one would wonder whether there is some core function of engineering that is being neglected in pursuit of being diverse. Those of you have invested years in all this PC nonsense need to start singing from a different song book. May 23, 2018; Gender Pay Gap Reports: Entrenched segregation and how big bonuses for men create the biggest gender pay gap April 24, 2018; Gender Pay Gaps - further reflection on the BBC pay debacle April 12, 2018 We all understand fairness, or think we do, but very few of us understand equality. window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { Staff writers Well get to all of that but first, the gender pay gap in his own words. Its not just the hard cash costs of diversity officers and these programs nor the losses theyll face when they lose in court its the insane distraction of counting colored faces and skirts vs pants that is a terrible waste of energy that moves nothing forward at all. Despite the results, myths and misconceptions about the gender pay gap persist. Gender equality has been a hot topic in recent years, with many people advocating for equal pay and opportunities for women in the workplace. The gender pay gap is about comparing the wages of full-time working men and full-time working women, and working out why women earn on average $239.80 less per week than men. This seems to be a direct challenge to the idea that increasing diversity enlarges the pool of available talent, and so has a positive effect on the bottom line as well as being fairer. Zunger adds: Engineering is all about cooperation, collaboration and empathy for colleagues and customers. Ms. Farrell is contradicting herself here. He describes implicit association testing (IAT), developed by psychologists in the US, as deeply flawed because, he claims, they cant reproduce results with the same individuals, so are unreliable. You dont fight racism (discimination/bigotry/sexism et al) with more racism (et al). Not to comment on any of the rest of the article, bu the first two paragraphs under hostile workplace are ridiculous. I disagree on his stance regarding gender equality, gender pay gap, toxic masculinity and femininity, the way he talks about the weakness of men, his views on victimhood, his views on rape, his opposition to Bill C . And for both the leftists and the 3rd + 4th wave feminists the agenda is to thwart competence from the top of the list of value prioritization so that any of their irrelevant, whimsical and destructive vices can sneak in and contend that position as undetected as possible. In. Engineers, for example, tend to be those who are not only interested in things, but who are more interested in things than most people, men or women. https://gynocentrism.com/2018/03/03/jordan-peterson-on-psychological-differences-similarities-between-the-sexes/. We all remember that our current Prime Minister, the Right Honorable Justin Trudeau, decided early on when he formed his government to make his cabinet 50% women, because it was 2015. And he got a hall pass for this, no doubt because of his boyish charm and modern mien. It just seems sensible if our goal is to identify the best people. This is what will help edge Western Culture back toward sanity when the Diversity Industry starts to lose lawsuits like Damores lawsuit against Google, and the 2nd lawsuit at Youtube (for avoiding while/male applicants) and those losses hit the bottom line in a real way shareholders and other ADULTS will take control back from the children and their insane demands. None of those who commented in the piece regard him as a monster. Get it? If women do not try to negotiate for better pay aggressively, and are therefore not getting the pay they deserve then a gender pay gap exists. PART 1: SCANDINAVIA. There are also those who insist upon believing that we just havent gone far enough in our egalitarian attemptsthat even Scandinavia and The Netherlands, arguably the worlds most egalitarian societies, are still rampantly patriarchal but that doesnt explain why the sex differences have grown, rather than shrunk, as those cultures have become demonstrably more equal in social policy. He tells Newman thatmultivariate analysis of the gender pay gap shows that prejudice is only one small factor in the pay gap, one thats much less than feminists claim. Dr. Jordan Peterson 2019-02-24T18:52:40-05:00. So this interview seems to have exploded in popularity in the last couple of days,even spawning memes about the way Cathy Newman handled the conversation, so i decided to post here to see what you guys think about it. Everyone should read the full Damore memo before believing anyone on the subject. The wage gap perception is a manifestation of hard-wired male/female differences and society would suffer in the long run if we mind-control people into believing those differences dont exist. How to reduce unconscious bias in recruiting, In other words, Peterson and Damore are simply arguing against change. Sheila Wilds comment above (as others are ) is laughable. Even when men and women are most different in those cultures where they differ most, and along those trait dimensions where they differ most they are more similar than different. Jordan Bernt Peterson (* 12. . In the last lecture, in Helsinki, it was Finlands Fathers Day, so I talked about masculine virtue. And I think thats partly, because of the foreshortened time-frame that women have to contend with. Thanks for your comment Alexander, interesting stuff. Women are higher in negative emotion, or neuroticism. Though the two have never sparred in person, they havent be shy about offering an opinion on each others work. I found a contradiction in this article when it was stated in order to achieve equality, its necessary to be unfair. Absolutely, and Peterson says as much himself, that there are more in group differences than there are differences between groups. When both full and part-time employees are included in the calculation, the gender pay gap widens after the age of 30. Weve already seen that in Scandinavia. In his interview with "60 Minutes," Peterson points out that not only do women work fewer hours than men, they choose different careers. This is a big problem particularly if the goal of such egalitarian policies was to minimize the differences between men and women. However, thats not exactly what he said and, as he never tires of telling us, hes, Now hes making both a statistical and conceptual point that might sound circular but its fundamental to understanding most social science claims. But it's hard to quantify the effect of one's work with human beings. It seems to me that these clear differences are not really that clear when you look closely at the evidence. But if you walked into a roomful of people everyone of whom had been selected to be the most aggressive person out of a 100 almost every one of them would be male. That is not the case for men. Although the distribution of unpaid work is a broad societal issue, there is much that individual companies can do. We should agree with him women and men are different but so are men and men and so are women and so are chimps and chimps Employee Benefits The facts can be denied, but only at the cost of throwing out social science in its entirety (given that the entire field is predicated on the same methods used in the studies currently being discussed) and a good bit of biology as well. Forum for Expatriate Management The Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson received considerable attention when he visited Stockholm recently. You cant distinguish racial [or any other kind of] bias from novelty aversion. We worked through the practical things that could be done differently to ensure they recruited the best. I was interviewed by the Diversity Officer (woman) who asked how I would work in what had been an all women team of 10. I pointed out it wasnt particularly diverse. Jordan Peterson on homosexuality What does the author have to say about the LGBTQI movement? https://www.scribd.com/document/355823379/Google-s-Ideological-Echo-Chamber. In an interview with Channel 4's Cathy Newman, Jordan Peterson said these. But no matter what time I arrive or what time I leave, John is always there. Knock me over with a feather. { Men are less agreeable (more competitive, harsher, tough-minded, skeptical, unsympathetic, critically-minded, independent, stubborn). All of these traits in your [Damores] manifesto described as female are the core traits that make someone successful at engineering., The concensus view among specialists in the diversity field seems to be that Peterson is only explaining certain facets of the here and now. Jan 19, 2018. I think that for a variety of reasons, it would probably be better to talk about intersectionality as an idea. Watch "Prime Time with Alex Stein" LIVE Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 6pm CT/7pm ET: @PrimeTimeAlexStein But it doesnt follow that their career must stall because of it. These could have been the words of Peterson himself: so its unsurprising when Damore acknowledges he is a big fan of the professor. Harish Bhayani, senior partner at PRM Diversity Consultants, thinks so, but concedes bias testing and training is ineffective if not continuous. Still not convinced, the program went so far as to suggest that those oppose such legislation (clearly referring to Peterson) are "threatened " by it. 619 views, 28 likes, 0 loves, 6 comments, 22 shares, facebook watch videos from municipalidad de el tejar: jordan peterson's latest move in.volving justin tru.deau surprised everyone!. Damore was fired in August last year and has subsequently accused the company of discriminating against white conservative men in a class action claim. The rest of is the same mishmash of leftist, SJW feelings and ideology. Even if the IAT and the resume studies are valid, Im allowed to have my own thoughts. When you ask thousands of people hundreds of questions (or ask them to rate themselves using descriptive adjectives such as kind, competitive, happy, anxious, creative, diligent, etc.) She adds that Peterson was selective with the facts, and I dont agree with his conclusions, but I meet with that every day of the week. It distracts from the real challenges of building more inclusive organisations where leaders know they are doing everything they can to recruit the best, rather than inadvertently cloning themselves., James Damore and his lawyer Harmeet Dhillon at a press conference discussing his lawsuit against Google (see panel)Picture: Michael Liedtke/AP/REX/Shutterstock, She says Petersons fears about employees being labelled biased are groundless, stating how during work with clients over a long period of time nobody was called racist or sexist, and nor should they have been. This is in keeping with their proclivity, also documented cross-culturally, to manifest higher rates of violence and antisocial or criminal behavior, such that incarceration rates for men vs women approximate 15:1. The violent reaction to Peterson, and to Shapiro and others with conservative values establishes who defends civilization and who would tear it down. This would seem to refute his line that the multi-variate analyses have been clear in showing that the gender pay gap does not exist. See below for a distribution chart comparing agreeableness scores of men compared to women. The selective research Peterson uses happens to be some of the most replicated and robust findings in all of the social science literature. She writes that the distinction between fairness and equality was not explored satisfactorily in the exchange. Its time for the adults in the room to wake up and take charge again. All English Franais.