A lot of stereotypes in social science turned out to be not exactly true. One other narrative is, for instance, that women are less competitive than men, but recent studies show that this is very task-specific and regarding beauty. Women are actually very competitive. Women are also not more cooperative, that’s too easy. Studies show that men are again just more extreme, they are either the most selfish or the most altruistic people while women just on average cooperate to benefit everyone. All this shows that things are more complex and that maybe if we manipulate certain social factors, we could see more women being extraordinary in science and in the free market and similarly observe more evil women. Perhaps we end up seeing women as more talented and special than we do now and similarly, we might see them as more dangerous than we do now.
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