So I checked the average height differences between the sexes, and the male:female ratio is typically between 1.07-1.09. This translates to 8-15 cm of difference. So while it’s not as much as 20cm, it’s “only” a 2x difference from my prediction. Maybe I’m just bad at translating what I see into centimeters and this difference is much more obvious to you than it is to me.
Maybe gjm’s System 1 automatically compensates for the difference—I know that unless I’m deliberately paying attentìon to people’s height I’m much less likely to notice it if a man is six feet tall than if a woman is six feet tall, and for all we know the same might apply to gjm.
Yeah, I know, people consider my barely basic¹ cooking skills exceptional merely because I happen to have a Y chromosome. That’s male privilege for ya.
At least that’s what my System 1 tells me, and I can’t think of a way to find out whether the impostor syndrome applies short of having someone who doesn’t know my gender taste what I cook.
Maybe gjm’s System 1 automatically compensates for the difference—I know that unless I’m deliberately paying attentìon to people’s height I’m much less likely to notice it if a man is six feet tall than if a woman is six feet tall, and for all we know the same might apply to gjm.
I’m guessing this effect doesn’t just apply to height.
Yeah, I know, people consider my barely basic¹ cooking skills exceptional merely because I happen to have a Y chromosome. That’s male privilege for ya.
At least that’s what my System 1 tells me, and I can’t think of a way to find out whether the impostor syndrome applies short of having someone who doesn’t know my gender taste what I cook.