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The New York Times Just Published Some Bizarre Race Science About Asian Women (futurism.com)
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[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

TLDR

"Young Chinese women have small fingers," the article reads, "and that has made them a valuable contributor to iPhone production because they are more nimble at installing screws and other miniature parts in the small device, supply chain experts said." [...]

there doesn't seem to be a lick of evidence [...] that small hands are preferable for manufacturing small devices. The closest thing we could find was a paper that found that surgeons with smaller hands actually had a harder time manipulating dextrous operating tools, which would seem to contradict the NYT's claim that small hands are an advantage for small specialized movements.

(...so should they be hiring big white men instead? Not clear to me how this article thinks that's a rebuttal of the 'race science')

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I don't really know what I'm talking about nor do I have a horse in this race, but could it be that small handed surgeons struggle with tools because the tools themselves are designed for big hands?

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

that does seem plausible.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

A valid hypothesis

[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 1 points 2 days ago

The size of the tools are dictated from the use of the tool, not the surgeon's hand size. You simply have the same tool in different size.