Even if there are average differences between men and women (and there are), that doesn't say anything about a particular man and a particular woman. It just gives you a probability percentage. So, for example, if men are better than women at math, you still have no idea whether you in particular are better than your wife at math. Neither does an academic institution that is trying to decide whether to admit you or your wife for a position. So inequality doesn't necessarily spring into being as a result of our admitting there are differences.

It might even be the opposite. If we know women score less at tests during their periods because of how hormones affect their brains, we might opt to make it allowable for women to opt out of tests on such days. More on this specific topic (tho it will be covered only briefly) in the next post.

I'm a feminist (tho I disagree with many feminists on a lot of topics, as they all do among themselves), so I know where your wife is coming from. And making these series of posts is actually my attempt to discover for myself the extent of sex differences that exist, based on science.

Thanks for reading, and I hope the rest of the series will be of equal interest to you!