Posted on 03/05/2008 2:15:27 PM PST by blam
You say Deloris, I say....
If I said on average men are a little taller than women, that would be the plain truth.
What you quoted from the original article:
Boys And Girls Brains Are Different: Gender Differences In Language Appear Biologicalcould be read either way ... it's ambiguous.
When someone comes away from a statement that has two possible readings, one hogwash and one common truth, complaining of hogwash, then others observing this can only wonder why that someone only saw the hogwash.
Do you raise hogs for a living? Just asking.
Anyone that has observed a classroom knows that boys and girls learn differently. Genetics would be the reason.
Teachers who realize this have happy students. Those who still believe a “one size fits all” approach have unhappy students.
My impression is that most people, unless they have some job or circumstance that routinely presents them with requests for direction such as gas station attendent, hotel clerk, or rental car agent, will give rather unreliable directions in response to unexpected requests.
What I do notice that's different between directions from men and women is somewhat different than what this quote from the article suggests. I hear women give more landmarks and visual details ("turn at the post office, across from the shoe store"), and men give more directions and distances ("north on I35 for five miles, then east on Smith Road.")
Similarly, men do better getting to a strange location using a map; women do better hearing someone tell them what they'll be seeing, as they travel there.
When I'm traveling, if I loose my orientation, then I'm lost. When my wife is traveling, so long as she sees something familiar, she'll get there.
Wow! We have known this for years, but scientists were afraid to say anything for fear of the fierce wrath of feminazis.
You know your a geek when you recognize Maxwell’s equations on a naked chicks back.
Must be a good thing. It keeps the species going!
You're.
I have an expression that I used frequently with my homeschooled kids: “You don’t have to be Mr. Atlas to lift a 10 lb. bag of sugar.” This is true for most professions in this world. You don’t have to be the elite of the elite to do most of the work that needs to be done in this world, you just need to be smart enough.
While there are likely biological differences between men and women in mathematics, those differences are probably not enough to keep women from most professions requiring skill in mathematics. Just as with the 10 lb. bag of sugar, all that is needed is to be smart enough, motivated, and committed to hard work.
By the way, my homeschooled daughters graduated at the ages of 18 with B.S degrees in mathematics from a state university. The older of the two won a university level mathematics competition. (As a prize the math department gave her “Ski Mt.Snow” tee-shirt.) This young woman recently earned a masters in mathematics at the age of 20. The girls are both married now, and are not pursuing further education in the field of mathematics. The older is very interested in finance, and the younger is studying chemical engineering.
I attended Villanova University soon after it had gone co-ed. I was often the only woman in my science classes. I routinely scored highest in the class in calculus, differential equations, numerical analysis, engineering physics, and chemistry major’s chemistry. I am certainly not among the elite of the elite, but I was, and am, capable of doing almost anything in any field that requires strong understanding of mathematics. I am smart enough to lift a 10 lb. bag of “mathematics”. ( and so are my girls!) :-)
What female author can be compared to Shakespeare? Ernest Hemingway? Robert Frost? John Grisham? James Patterson? Robert Parker?
Thus... the term hogwash when it comes to comparing verbal skills of boys and girls.
Jane Austen is terrific at *Bonnet Books* ...Mary Higgins Clark --> lightweight mysteries ...Daniel Steele -- gag me with a spoon romance BS
Realize I've left many authors out... but this is a chat board.
When I responded to your earlier post, I thought you were stating that the article found differences between men and women's verbal skills, and I thought you were saying that was hogwash ... meaning you thought the article said there was a basic difference between men and women, and you disagreed.
But in your latest reply, you obviously find that there are differences, and give good examples of such.
Color me confused.
Please remember, if you respond, that sarcasm and cynicism aren't always obvious on the internet between strangers, so if you choose to use such, it is done so at an increased risk of being misunderstood.
Because he made female professors cry and feel faint at telling them that men and women are different.
The answers are on the other side
Could you post it now, so I can see how I did?
I think you need to review statistics (math and science). :)
I think even the densest of women would notice if they had a penis.
LOL.
I’ll ask my wife if she remembered to make a doctor’s appointment.
She will answer that the garbage men ran late today.
She is perfectly confident that she answered my question.
Or she will start a conversation with, “We need a blue one.” I’m left wondering what the heck the topic is.
I had a woman ask me in front of a committee if it was possible to get two women to agree on anything. I responded I didn’t think it was possible to get one of them to agree on anything.
I learned, to my surprise, that math is really not hard. It has certain rules about what you can and cannot do with numbers. You follow the rules and it works.
LOL ;-P
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