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Not trying to be sexiest but why are almost all inventions are invented by men ?

I salute William English for the great invention.
 

Not trying to be sexiest but why are almost all inventions are invented by men ?

Complex question.
In part because of interests of the group, in part because of personal interest, in part because of necessity, in part because of history, in part because of sexism, in part because of medical reasons, in part because things are complex in general so looking for a single "why" or a bucket of "why's" might be the wrong approach.
 
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Complex question.
In part because of interests of the group, in part because of personal interest, in part because of necessity, in part because of history, in part because of sexism, in part because of medical reasons, in part because things are complex in general so looking for a single "why" or a bucket of "why's" might be the wrong approach.


In other words i meant what did women invent ?
Really would love to see a female Einstein, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates....etc..etc..

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Sorry if i am off the subject.
 
In other words i meant what did women invent ?
Really would love to see a female Einstein, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates....etc..etc..

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Sorry if i am off the subject.

In fairness, you're mixing things up. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates didn't invent anything, and Einstein was not an inventor but a scientist/discoverer. You also forget Madame Curie.
It must be said that males throughout history had a very definite biological advantage since bearing children was a much more intense, riskier, time consuming activity than it is now. Men and women had to help each other in order to survive the brutality of the pre-1900's conditions.
 
n fairness, you're mixing things up. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates didn't invent anything, and Einstein was not an inventor but a scientist/discoverer.

Well they are listed as great inventors. If not, they are certainly great thinkers. For someone to be a billionaire they must've made enormous contributions
 
Well they are listed as great inventors. If not, they are certainly great thinkers. For someone to be a billionaire they must've made enormous contributions

They certainly did, and I don't want to detract anything from their success, but the truth is that they didn't really invent per se. They were greats in improvement. I know, I know, it's semantics...
 
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