A study of 2,500 brothers and sisters by Edinburgh University has positively proved that men are brighter than women. Unfortunately, it also appears they are also stupider. Oh dear, it had to be so, I suppose.
It works like this: there was a disproportionately larger proportion of males in the top 2%. And there was also a disproportionately large proportion of males in bottom 2%. But of course, there is hope that females can become brighter and thicker.
A culture thing
Researchers blame the results not on the hard-wiring of the brain, but cultural expectations of what males and females can achieve. This makes sense. For most of history, the greatest expectations were with men, whilst women were expected to look after the home.
This is now changing, with women’s expectations increasing. However, there is one point of interest that researchers may not have picked up. This discrepancy has been statistically measured in the female’s mind.
Could one of the holdbacks to female success be down to their pessimistic attitude?
If so, then it could be their own lack of expectations, rather than a continuing ‘man’ culture, that is holding them back.
© Anthony North, September 2007
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