Originally posted by King Burger
Shallow, but oh so true.Nonesense which even many feminists here don't buy.
There are differences between men and women, and they have
nothing to do with the environment. There have been plenty of
studies on children raised by "non-gender specific" house-holds,
and they end up showing the same mental differences and
behavior and preferences as other boys and girls.Men are better at science in general. They are more
interested in how things work, and the building of things, than
women.That's the way it was, that's the way it is, and that's the way it
always will be. A few decades of feminist brain-washing attempts
won't change millions of years of evolution.
that comment just didn't help on the intelligence matter.
please read my post again. I don't believe I anywhere stated that there aren't any differences between men and women, but if that's the impression it gives, then I apologize for the bad wording.
I'm quite critical when it comes to "non-gender specific" house-holds. what is such a house-hold? where the girls are encouraged to play with cars, dad does the dishes, mum does the bi-cycle maintenance? anyways, a household can't be taken out of it's social context. outside the four walls it's still men who get the good jobs, who don't stay home looking after the children when mum's got a great carreer-opportunity, who hold the most influential positions when it comes to politics, religion and the like. that your parents where liberal minded when it comes to gender, does not mean that the rest of the world is, and that's why both genders are still faced with restrictions, whether they're outspoken or not, and that's why I believe that fewer women than men become great at whatever they do. sure, that doesn't mean that I disagree on the fact that certain things are biologically determined, I just don't believe these biological factors have everything to say when it comes to intelligence.
what do you base your facts on? yes, boys do tend to do better at math in schools and most scientists are male and I won't disagree that there might be something biological at play here. still, I don't see why this interest you mention can't be related to boys being urged to show it, and girls being urged not to.
ah, the intelligent shallownes and short sightednes yet again. one must admire your appearent lack of male interest in how things work.