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Culturally Sweden may be more or less sexist than the US. As you demonstrated apparently when it comes to the construction field the US is less sexist than Sweden.
I have already provided evidence in the form of Norway that disputes your pet theory. So it is clear it is not universal and certainly not the law you think it is.
You really don't understand sexism or the cultural indoctrination that causes it. You conflate progressive laws with sexism itself which, I have already said, is nonsensical. Having progressive laws does not suddenly end sexism.
I realize that you have probably never confronted your bias and recognized you are a sexist human being like I have.
Nah, the research has been done, the data is in. There is no "may".
But why don't we push my argument as far as it can go and look at the country rated literally #1 in the world for gender equality, Iceland? It's had that distinction for well over a decade, so it's no flash in the pan you can accuse of being cherry-picked.
Well, it turns out that according to Iceland's most recent national census, the percentage of women in construction in the most gender equal country on the planet is SIX.
You cherry picked a country that has had national gender quotas since 2003--what, think I wouldn't notice your sneaky little maneuver? You're not going to get good information about what men and women freely choose to do for a living in a country that literally directly manipulates the sex ratio in the workforce.
No, you're the one who does that, because you're the one that assumes that the gap is in and of itself evidence of sexism. In reality, the evidence clearly shows that with less sexism, which translates to men and women being more empowered to make their own free choice about what they want to do for a living, men and women's average differences in preference of career manifests more strongly.
Your insistence that there is zero difference of preference between the sexes, and that therefore anything but a 50/50 ratio in an industry is indicative of sexism, is complete bunk.
Men and women are not identical, no matter how much of a tantrum you throw. In the country consistently regarded as being the most gender equal, construction is dramatically more male-dominated than in the average country.
No one said it did. But you're arguing that progressive laws INCREASE sexism! lmao
Your goofball 'logic' would place Iceland among the LEAST gender equal countries, closer to Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia than the US! Do you really not understand how you are literally arguing that up is down?
You produced no research. In fact you just make up a lot of nonsense. God of gaps, oh lord help me you are stupid.
Turns out you didn't read up at all. You can't tell there difference between a law and sexism. Conflating the two shows once again you don't even understand what sexism is.
There is no sneaky maneuver, just your attempt at regurgitating your sexists attitudes.
The end where you are "no you did that" is hilarious. It is like I am talking with a twelve year old.
"Iceland is considered one of the most gender-equal countries in the world. It has consistently ranked at the top of gender parity rankings for many years. However, Iceland also has high rates of gender-based violence.,"
Even in one of the least sexist places sexism still abounds. I do applaud the work they have done and likely it will continue to get better due to some of the best representation of women leadership in the world.
The coup de grace has to be you comparing Iceland to Saudi Arabia. Truly your stupidity knows no bounds. We are done here, cheers!
Okay I guess you're just illiterate. YOU are the one that asserts that a bigger man/woman gap means there is more sexism. Therefore, YOU consider Iceland one of the MOST sexist countries, because it has a HUGE man/woman gap in construction, MUCH wider and further away from 50/50 than in the vast majority of countries.
That is the conclusion YOUR logic produces, not mine.
Therefore, the obvious conclusion, for any rational thinking person, is that it is clearly incorrect to equate the size of that gap to the level of gender equality.
You still can't contend with the simple burning question that arises from the two simple facts above, so until you address it, the following is all you're going to get from me as a response from now on:
If sexism is the cause of that gap, how is it that the gap is larger in less sexist countries, than it is in more sexist countries?