akbarbarian -> RE: Women are...stupid and bossy and men listen? (7/13/2007 7:54:41 PM)
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ORIGINAL: ThinkingKitten *Takes a big breath to summon up patience to reply......* Because when faced with a common sense, logical, argument as to why they should follow the common sense, logical female route, even men (Dominant ones included) usually have the smarts to concede. Did you read the study about how they determined this, and the criteria for measuring? Nah. Personal experience I'd say. Otherwise we have to start digressing into the validity of Chi-squares and P values, because study or no, this will just be another of those debates where no-one will win, as such. And IQ just isn't the be-all and end-all of the matter. As an example I've met a Univ prof who was absolutely brilliant, fully tenured, world expert in an engineering field... and who had zero integrity (flagrant adulterer and as best I could determine a pathological liar). Compare that to the construction worker who with not vast pots of smarts at his disposal, sure had a ton of integrity (loyal, honest - values that I include in my definition of integrity). If I was to try and perpetuate the species, then I'd take the lower IQ dude anyday thankyou. News articles have, in the past, commented on our educational systems, where male students often receive more attention and stimulus from teachers when it comes to maths and sciences, and that female students tend to be intimidated in co-ed classes. Raises the whole issue of whether uni-sex education has merit. How would the study outcomes change if they concentrated on results from that kind of educational system? Brain size: we don't use even half of what's there anyway (and thats in the public domain, so I won't cite) regardless of whether we're male or female, so thats a moot point as I see it. Funny how "Japanese students are smarter than American students" doesn't phase us, but make it about gender and people get so mad they can't see straight.
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