Posted by Ed Jay on 09/26/44 11:25

Neredbojias <neredbojias@neredbojias.com> wrote:

>With neither quill nor qualm, Els quothed:
>
>> Neredbojias wrote:
>>
>> > That's okay. Everybody knows that women are less mathematically-
>> > inclined and makes allowances accordingly.
>>
>> Generalization. I have no problems understanding maths, yet I'm a
>> woman.
>
>True, it's a generalization. You may be the next Newton for all I know.
>But on the whole, women as a group are less adept at math than men as a
>group. This is probably because they have less interest in it when they
>are young, daydreaming about boys instead.

Harvard University recently had something to say about this.
<http://www.aes-intl.com/dl2/harvardmath.jpg>
>
>> > Hmm, I don't think I've ever heard it said that a woman thinks with
>> > her you-know, but now that you mention it, it's a pretty fair
>> > assumption.
>>
>> I was referring to men, not women. But now that you mention it, we
>> probably do sometimes. Usually we let our reasonable thinking prevail
>> though.
>
>Well that's debatable but I'll admit there's likely to be large
>differences between separate individuals in each of the sexes.
>
So very true. In fact, some women take both sides of the discussion the
two of you are involved in. My take is that as long as the women remain
split, the men will always be on top.

Ed Jay (remove M to respond)

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