Girls ARE smarter than boys but not anymore after the age 16 (differences are small, though, less than 2 IQ points).

Super_delicious · 2013-12-21T20:25:03+00:00

Girls do mature faster than boys.

Demonspawn · 2013-12-21T20:56:54+00:00

Aren't men both smarter and dumber than women at a higher rate, while women tend to be more average? Like this

dejour · 2013-12-22T03:26:27+00:00

I can't find a link right now, but I was under the impression that when most IQ tests were designed, boys did better in certain areas and girls did better in other areas. The weightings of different subject areas were deliberately chosen so that both boys and girls would each average 100.

In other words, the test was set up so that boys and girls would do the same. So you can't then use the test to show that one sex is smarter than the other.

That said, it does seem interesting that girls do slightly better than boys at younger ages and boys do slightly better than girls at older ages. The conclusion would have to be that girl's intelligence develops more quickly than boys.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_differences_in_human_psychology#IQ

C0CKPUNCHER · 2013-12-21T20:59:58+00:00

I'm skeptical that IQ measures anything more than one's ability to score highly on an IQ test.

kruiseKontrol · 2013-12-22T09:59:01+00:00

If brain size has no correlation with intelligence, then why didn't we evolve so that men had smaller brains, using less energy, and thus being more efficient?

(Yes some of the brain needs to be larger to control a larger body, but not all of it.)

Title	Girls ARE smarter than boys but not anymore after the age 16 (differences are small, though, less than 2 IQ points).
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Date	December 21, 2013 7:48 PM UTC (12 years ago)
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