Interesting little bit of academic jousting over sex differences in spatial performance

thetrollking · 2011-01-04T11:26:16+00:00

Second, counter to the social-learning hypothesis, individual differences in shopping experience, taste preferences, and consumption frequency did not predict spatial performance in our study; women outperformed men controlling for these experience factors. Moreover, both sexes showed better performance on high-calorie food items. This is the signature of an evolved mechanism for efficient gathering, not one socially learned in contemporary environments. Finally, only those who insist upon egalitarianism depend on claims of biological identity. The sexes differ. Men never gestate offspring. On average they are larger, less articulate, shorter lived, and better at mental rotation tasks (2, 6). Denying these and other differences will not make them disappear. But the science that explores these differences provides tools to combat discrimination. For decades, researchers uninformed about our evolutionary history unknowingly constructed spatial tasks that favor men’s skills. It is only when we take seriously men’s and women’s evolutionary heritages that we can break through this inadvertent sexism and expose women’s unique abilities.

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Title	Interesting little bit of academic jousting over sex differences in spatial performance
Author	tsigolohcysp
Upvotes	5
Comments	1
Date	January 4, 2011 7:18 AM UTC (15 years ago)
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