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Men are Smarter than women, New Findings What is General Intelligence?
Generally, the ability to understand and solve mental problems is called “General intelligence”. Terms like IQ, General Factor, g factor or simply intelligence all refer to General
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Ive always known this. I think its always going to be that way because the stakes are always much higher for men if they DONT obtain some level of wealth or power. I dont think its that men are truly any smarter than women biologically; I mean, they DID come from women - AND began development as a female, after all -- so there's that. But I think that when measured in terms of research output, inventions and patents and so forth, men in aggregate HAVE to be driven to be much smarter (or at least driven to produce more), and have to risk more than women in order to obtain the things in life that truly matter to most, not all, societies. (self sufficiency, a life partner, children etc.).
So many of the important things in life, outside of career, kind of just fall into place for women because with respect to marriage, protection/security, having children/a family, in nearly all societies men generally catalyze the processes that make these things happen for women. Thats neither good nor bad, it just is. But the same is not true inversely. Men also have to make these things happen for themselves or they wont happen at all for them. And the most legal and the safest way to obtain those things is by achieving career success. So while men may not have to work as hard as women in the ordinal sense of working up the corporate/career latter, they have to work MUCH harder in the lateral sense of getting from point A to point B, in pursuing a family, a spouse, and competing for status with other men. It seems that most women kind of hover/float in this grey zone of modest achievement in whatever they endeavor. They can really choose to excel or not excel. It doesnt matter. It will work for them. The outcome for men is much more hit or miss.
I think that although conventional wisdom is that p-ussy rules the world in the passive sense - in terms of measured output/work capacity, and dominance a man will most likely always be at the very top, because the stakes are always going to be higher for men. There will of course be a few exceptions obviously but for a man, if he doesnt achieve or position himself to achieve wealth, power and romance, its usually over - he literally faces a life of loneliness, destitution and/or prison. If a woman doesnt achieve, providing she chooses her mate wisely, and save for her own life goals and career objectives, there wont be much separating her and Hillary Clinton (a woman with a family, and a backup mealticket in the form of a cheating/badboy husband - same as almost all other women) IF she simply desires a family and a spouse and a means of living comfortably. As a generalization, there isnt much incentive nor much at stake for women to really achieve anything. If they fall off, they can have a couple of children, and live off of taxpayers or whichever men are the fathers (which could actually be considered one in the same since, in theory, men make more than women and would therefore pay more taxes)....
That isnt to say that there arent many women who have fought and struggled and succeeded at becoming the best in their careers and who dominate their field. There are. It just means that it doesnt truly matter in the grand scheme of things, toward the outcome of their ability to have the things that matter to most people (things that also matter to many of the working women who figured out the hard way that they would rather have a family and a stable home moreso than become the CEO of Earth.) - And moreover the fact that it doesnt truly matter is a crafty reality that stay at home moms have managed to figure out. So while her achievements are certainly a feather in a woman's hat and no one could discredit them, a woman's worth ultimately isnt reflected by things like patents and peace prizes anyway. Her measure of worth is the caliber of mate she can attract longterm.
Last edited by soletaire; 11-02-2012 at 05:11 PM..
We need to say, SOME men and SOME women. Lumping them all into just two groups with one theory doesn't work.
But I tend to agree. The male is usually more inclined to look at things with a logical mind set. Too many women seem happy to let others do the thinking for them. This may be how they were raised......You know, the girl is told that boys don't like smart girls and so they dumb down and massage the male ego. It can get to be a habit.
Hmm!!! they must be excluding all the presidents and politicians that have destroyed this country
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