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So there are some jobs that only a biological male can do, that a biological female is not qualified to do? If we made a list, which jobs do you think might be on it?




Nowhere near as binary as your False Dichotomy question makes it, but men are generally better suited to:

dig trenches

carry heavy rucksacks

move weaponry and equipment by hand

survive hand-to-hand combat (granted, their odds are still limited to below 50%)


Also math, being doctors, and firemen

Getting killed in war is a job much better suited to males. They are more disposable, especially now in the age of sperm banking.

And also things like math, being doctors, and firemen

Being firefighters, yes to some extent, because males are more likely to have acquired the physical strength needed to lift people out of burning buildings. But there are many female firefighters who excel in the profession too.

There is nothing about males that make them more suited to be doctors. We also can see that in the demographics in some countries (e.g. the UK), there is a roughly equal balance of female doctors to male doctors.

Having mathematical ability is linked to intelligence, not sex.




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