What Farhi presumably meant was that this “fact “was a wonderful example of growing Equality and Progress. He was virtue-signaling his approval at the collapse of male influence. However, unintentionally, he drew attention to something that is important for very different reasons: women being in charge is indeed “kind of a big deal” because the technical literature suggests it will mean that the news will be reported less objectively, less fairly, less accurately
and that some politicians may come under less scrutiny.
Thus, British psychologist Sir Simon Baron-Cohen (yes, he’s the appalling Sacha Baron-Cohen’s cousin) has noted that there are fundamental differences between the typical male and female brain.
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