On Twitter, Steve Sailer writes, "The pattern that gay black males tend to assimilate into white corporate culture better than do straight black males deserves more social science attention than it has received. It's hard to notice if you are Woke and believe in the conventional wisdom about Patriarchy, etc."
Let's test this kind of idea with General Social Survey (GSS) data. Based on intersectionality theory--experiencing more discrimination with each additional minority status--job prestige rankings should look something like this:
Top Tier--Zero Strikes Against
Straight white male
Second Tier--One Strike Against
Straight white female
Gay white male
Straight black male
Third Tier--Two Strikes Against
White lesbian
Straight black female
Gay black male
Fourth Tier--Three Strikes Against
Black lesbian
By contrast, biological theory would focus on traits that are important for high-status jobs, and the obvious candidate is intelligence and the glaring racial gap in IQ. So this view would predict that the big divide will be race, with whites above average in job prestige and blacks below average. The other demographics shouldn't matter much.
And what are the facts? According to GSS data for 19,901 respondents:
Mean occupational prestige
Gay white male 47.1
White lesbian 46.2
Straight white male 45.2
Straight white female 44.5
Total Sample 44.2
Black straight female 40.9
Black gay male 40.7
Black lesbian 39.8
Black straight male 39.2
As predicted, the major divide is race. All whites are above average, and all blacks are below. If intersectional theory were true, black lesbians would be on the bottom, and straight white males would occupy the top position. Neither is the case. Biological theory would predict no disadvantage for homosexuals--in fact, I reported in a previous analysis that they have above-average IQs--and indeed they do well.
And relevant to Steve's point about black males, homosexuals do better than straights, which contradicts the claim that it's all about intersectional discrimination.
Biology explains more than sociology.
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