I'm going to vote "yes" on this question. Women compete with each other anyway, and rather than have them compete with makeup, clothes, latest appliances, and gossip, I'd rather have them compete in some competitive sports like track, swimming, gymnastics, ballroom dancing, singing, ballet, and musical instrument competitions, etc. I'd also like them to learn about their immediate world including food prep, gardening, historical literature, raising happy families, how to make and maintain a budget, living a spiritual life, and simple household repairs.
We also should embrace the occassional oddballs like Madame Curie.
Women can add to this world, and are more than just future pregnancy bots.
I do tend to agree that the top slice of the female bell curve can be good at STEM (who was that Harvard prof who got shunned for detailing the male/female math acuity?).
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