She's Come A Long Ways, Baby: Questions about Female Domination and Societal Evolution

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Beyond education, we all know now that women make better managers. In fact, what is less celebrated are the successes of female portfolio managers. 25 years ago the macho males of the financial world ridiculed the women who were trickling in as being overly cautious. Now enough time has gone by and we see that female run portfolios have outperformed the men by something like 2.5% and more a year. That may not sound like much but over the course of a career, it yields over twice the money.

I know this letter doesn't fall under any of your existing Q&A categories it has more to do with society than individual lifestyles but I truly hope that you feel compelled to respond. I don't know what kind of response I'm expecting, if any. You've mentioned that the women you teach are more intelligent than the men and other professors have noticed the same thing. How big is the gender difference? Is it increasing? Young women are more assertive and confident today are the young men balancing this by being more submissive顺从 — willing to obey?

Once again, I do hope you post this with a response because you're obviously intelligent and I'd love to read your insights on my letter. Your site is remarkable, keep up the fantastic work and best of luck.