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::::Haha you are absolutely right, my apologies.  I thought I had picked a word specifically with no homophones.  Allow me to elaborate: saying that 124 and 490 are both even emphasizes similarities which is fine.  But consider a statement like "there is only one group of order 3."  There are clearly many, because you can define one on any set with 3 elements.  Nevertheless, you will never hear discussion of the many different groups of order 3, they are all lumped together because of homomorphisms.  Compare this with the professor value of refusing to distinguish between men and women.  To say men and women are both children of God is to discuss similarities while acknowledging differences, as in saying 124 and 490 are both even.  To say men and women are basically the same, as universities today do, is consistent with saying that groups are essentially the same.  I hope that clarifies what I was struggling to say before. --[[User:Bogart12|Bogart12]]
 
::::Haha you are absolutely right, my apologies.  I thought I had picked a word specifically with no homophones.  Allow me to elaborate: saying that 124 and 490 are both even emphasizes similarities which is fine.  But consider a statement like "there is only one group of order 3."  There are clearly many, because you can define one on any set with 3 elements.  Nevertheless, you will never hear discussion of the many different groups of order 3, they are all lumped together because of homomorphisms.  Compare this with the professor value of refusing to distinguish between men and women.  To say men and women are both children of God is to discuss similarities while acknowledging differences, as in saying 124 and 490 are both even.  To say men and women are basically the same, as universities today do, is consistent with saying that groups are essentially the same.  I hope that clarifies what I was struggling to say before. --[[User:Bogart12|Bogart12]]
 
:::::They key point you are missing, however, is that in many, many subjects, such as in mathematical aptitude, there is no functional difference between male and female. So yes, in many situations, women and men are essentially the same.[[User:KenShomer|KenShomer]] 15:15, 26 February 2012 (EST)
 
:::::They key point you are missing, however, is that in many, many subjects, such as in mathematical aptitude, there is no functional difference between male and female. So yes, in many situations, women and men are essentially the same.[[User:KenShomer|KenShomer]] 15:15, 26 February 2012 (EST)
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::::::If that statement were true, then why are the top achievers on difficult math contests (such as the Putnam exam) more than 90% male, and less than 10% female?--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 16:32, 26 February 2012 (EST)
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