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Old 26th Oct 2018, 10:59
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That women are less likely to (want to) fly an aircraft than men is neither misogynist nor sexist but a simple observation and can be explained by quite authoritative evidence on sex differences regarding interest for things vs. people (and why this would be something that ought to be changed is beyond me).

That those women who do fly are in any way systematically inferior to their male counterparts is not only misogynist and sexist, but complete rubbish -- just as there is authoritative evidence for differences in interest, there is equally authoritative evidence against any differences in potential, aptitude, skill etc..

When seeing a couple and an aircraft, a first guess that the man is the pilot is simply an evidence-based assumption. Any guess that he is the better pilot is at best a chauvinist fantasy.
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