Nice resources - thanks!
It should be noted, though, that it's quite a leap from "why don't women participate in the audiophile hobby" to "what genes are responsible for certain diseases"? Not a leap because of the different subject matter, but rather a qualitative leap - they're two very different scenarios. I mention this only because I don't think the link you make between X and Y chromosome mapping and men's and women's behavior is nearly as direct and simple as your description makes it sound - which is exactly the issue that we started at when this thread took off in this direction.
I wasn’t clear on that. What I was in-artfully trying to point out is that genetics nor “evolution” can explain why “most” women are not interested in cars, mechanical devices, or tech as has been suggested by some in prior posts.
Genetics can explain some things on gender differences, but it’s primarily limited to why way more women have auto-immune disorders like lupus, not why women are not interested in (take your pick). Genetics doesn’t even address the “people vs. things” difference which is well recognized. I don’t know where people come up with the idea that saying that women and men are different when it comes to occupation interest, and that’s based on people vs. things. will be viewed as politically incorrect. Not one scientific study or paper that has pointed out the difference has been accused of being politically incorrect.
Genetics can’t even explain everything about a disease that is more prevalent in one geneder, there is nearly always external factors.
When you get to “women don’t like (take your pick), genetics or evolution play little to no role, and it’s nearly all external factors. That’s what the science says. It’s beyond question. That only gets stronger as we have mapped the human genome.
“It genetics” is a bullshit answer and not based in science. So is, it’s “simple evolution” on questions like interests, or preferences like we are talking about here.
Why a virus impacts men harder than women is something that genetics can sometimes answer.