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Catherine Hawkins's avatar

It reminds me of the arguments from the very online right about taking away women's right to vote. Most people seem to be motivated by resentment towards women, but the less emotional ones are basically making a version of this argument, that women need to be protected from the destructive consequences of the political choices they are drawn to by high agreeableness and neuroticism. I don't agree with this, but I do think that finding something constructive for agreeable, conscientious people to do is very important. It's been too easy for woke institutions to use their efforts for destructive aims.

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Helen Dale's avatar

I didn’t discuss neuroticism in the piece, so your point is well made. Its presence can mean conscientious, agreeable people (more often women, yes) don’t have good lives and often fail to fulfil their potential.

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