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Affirmative action also likely decreases the net performance of such institutions as female professors often benefit from affirmative action policies in socially progressive countries.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03075079.2020.1723533</ref> | Affirmative action also likely decreases the net performance of such institutions as female professors often benefit from affirmative action policies in socially progressive countries.<ref>https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03075079.2020.1723533</ref> | ||
In the early 20th century, [[Otto Weininger]] predicted an all encompassing "women's movement" would drag too many women into the sciences and arts who have not much real capability or interest in these male spaces. He further noted only a tiny minority of masculine, 'sexually inverted' (lesbian or transsexual) women could approach genius and male interest in ideas. Instead of what he argued | In the early 20th century, [[Otto Weininger]] predicted an all encompassing "women's movement" would drag too many women into the sciences and arts who have not much real capability or interest in these male spaces. He further noted only a tiny minority of masculine, 'sexually inverted' (lesbian or transsexual) women could approach genius and male interest in ideas. Instead of what he argued was the typical feminine state of merely embodying sexuality and being chiefly concerned with satisfying their lust or the rearing of children. | ||
[[Edward Dutton]] suggested only highly religious women are suitable for the sciences.<ref name="dutton"></ref> | [[Edward Dutton]] suggested only highly religious women are suitable for the sciences.<ref name="dutton"></ref> | ||