Posted on 03/05/2008 2:15:27 PM PST by blam
That’s not really what he said.
It's all about the curves..... ;-)
True. But we never read media sob stories attributing this to societal discrimination.
All us guys know after many years of experience that gals do not say what they mean nor mean what they say. In addition, we know after years of experience that we should not say to a gal what we mean but try, thru thousands of years of evolution, to deduct what the gals want to hear us say. So, as an act of self defense, we say nothing that is incriminatory and as little as possible.
That's right. The reason it is important is because these differences have been blamed on discrimination. People who hire often have to account for having a higher percentage of men employed in jobs where men tend to excel.
Exactly. The gist of what he said was that due to innate differences, fewer women really WANT to pursue the rigorous career path that men who are successful in academic math and science pursue. A reasonable response might be to suggest that the rigidity of these career paths need to be changed, with actual ability and achievement given overriding priority, as opposed to demonstrating sufficient ability and achievement on a rushed timetable that is attractive only to people who put a very low priority on home and family life.
Should be “ . . . girls’ language ability is superior to that of boys” (or “ . . . girls’ language abilities are superior to those of boys”). Must have been written by a man. Or a publik skool graduate. Or both.
There’s no doubt that most IQ distribution follows (much) the same Normal curve — for both males and females. The question Summers was raising was whether there are differences between the sexes at the extremes of the curve — i.e. whether the curves for males is ever so slightly wider than that for females. There’s little dispute over the fact that there are more dysfunctional males than females. The question is whether the opposite holds true — i.e. whether the male’s IQ curve also stretches a bit further to the right. If males were twice as likely as females to be in the top one hundredth of one percent for math and science abilities; that would easily explain why male math and science PhDs outnumber females with the same qualifications.
The numbers involved would be so insignificant overall that there would essentially be no difference between male and female IQ scores. What little males gain at the extreme high end, they lose at the extreme low end. For the vast majority of us — you’re absolutely correct, intelligence is an individual gift.
Summers was suggesting more research into this hypothesis — because it has neither been proven nor disproven.
In a related development, Gloria Steinem, the ACLU, and Ms Magazine announced a class-action lawsuit against God for his discriminatory creation practices.
Charlotte Iserbyt in her great reference book, "The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America" (available on line)clearly defines this.
The key word in all of this is DELIBERATE. Those who would tear down and control this great country know exactly what weapons to use in our government school classrooms. This is a BIG GUN in that arsenal
My last year in college, there were no females in any of my courses. Neither students nor professors. The year before there were maybe 5 in all courses combined.
The last and only female I worked with in research did pretty much nothing scientific. In the end, she was pretty much my secretary and handling contact with sponsors. I admit that she was better at communicating but she didn't deserve the same research credit.
On average, women's brains are suited for different tasks. It's lonely and women are very rare in my field.
Yeah, but this article doesn't say anything like that. You can go on all day about the verbal superiority of women with triggering any PC alarm bells.
lmao. I'd love to see these same researchers ask 31 random women for directions and see how many responses would actually get you to where you were asking to go.
Was this another Al Gore pork project, like Global warming Study’s?
C’mon come clean, I know he had his hand in this.
LOL
This isn’t true. We are all women—there are just a few with penises that don’t know it yet.
Not exactly a reason to homeschool but I thought you’d all enjoy this thread.
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