Peterson uses the bricklayer-vs-humanities parallel to argue that gendered distribution in fields isn't primarily a discrimination story. If 99% of prisoners being male reflects something real about male aggression, then 75% of humanities students being female reflects something real about female preferences. The framework cleanly separates equalizing opportunity—which most everyone agrees on—from equalizing outcome, which may be impossible without coercion.
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