Applying evolutionary reasoning to humans: the benefits and limits
On September 20th, the YAG organized a very succesful debate on applying evolutionary reasoning to humans:
"At a debate organised by the Young Academy, Fleischman, from the University of Portsmouth in the UK, went toe-to-toe with RUG evolutionary sociologist Gert Stulp and RUG cultural geographer Bettina van Hoven.
Her position is bold: women are underrepresented in certain fields because of evolution, not because of discrimination. ‘If women don’t have a preference for engineering I don’t think it is because of discrimination in the field; I think it is because being female or being male means you also have different psychologies’, says Fleischman."
Read more about it here.
| Last modified: | 19 December 2024 2.05 p.m. |
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