Men are more intelligent than Women!!. Claims study

Gillie on 15/9/2006 at 14:46

Only a Man would say this::p :laff:

Men are more intelligent than women,
Claims new study.
By BEN CLERKIN & FIONA MACRAE

The rest is here.
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1701362/posts)

It is research that is guaranteed to delight men - and infuriate the women in their lives. A controversial new study has claimed that men really are more intelligent than women.

The study - carried out by a man - concluded that men's IQs are almost four points higher than women's.

British-born researcher John Philippe Rushton, who previously created a furore by suggesting intelligence is influenced by race, says the finding could explain why so few women make it to the top in the workplace.

He claims the 'glass ceiling' phenomenon is probably due to inferior intelligence, rather than discrimination or lack of opportunity.

The University of Western Ontario psychologist reached his conclusion after scrutinising the results of university aptitude tests taken by 100,000 students aged 17 and 18 of both sexes.

A focus on a factors such as the ability to quickly grasp a complex concept, verbal reasoning skills and creativity - some of they key ingredients of intelligence - revealed the male teenagers had IQs that were an average of 3.63 points higher. The average person has an IQ of around 100.

The findings, which held true for all classes and levels of parental education, overturn a 100 year consensus that men and women average the same in general mental ability. They also conflict with evidence that girls do better in school exams than boys.

Women needn't feel despondent, however, as the scientists believe women can achieve just as much as men - as long as they work harder.

Very amusing!.:laff:

CyberFish on 15/9/2006 at 14:55

Shoddy reporting. All an IQ test - no matter how complex - measures is your ability to complete an IQ test. There is no satisfactory way to measure the nebulous concept of "intelligence".

Any idea where I might find a copy of the research paper itself?

SlyFoxx on 15/9/2006 at 14:57

What the ? We needed a study on this?:confused:

the mighty parthos on 15/9/2006 at 15:05

I do believe that there are areas where men will excel better than women.
But on the other hand the same can be said about the other sex.
Regardless of all of this I believe dogs are still smarter than humans.

Mortal Monkey on 15/9/2006 at 15:36

Well fuck this do I have to pretend to be smart now?

madwolf on 15/9/2006 at 15:38

Quote Posted by Gillie

Only a Man would say this::p :laff:

Men are more intelligent than women,
Claims new study.
By BEN CLERKIN & FIONA MACRAE

Isn't Fiona a womans' name?

I'm sure it's still bollocks anyway

So to speak.

Convict on 15/9/2006 at 15:41

I really don't care (as a man) but I do think that maybe men are better at maths and women at language type things. Dunno just anecdotal.

I think the glass ceiling is mostly due to women needing/wanting to spend more time with families rather than IQ or any other factor. Dunno if the study is true or not but an argument against this is that girls do better than boys at school (which can be due to IQ and/or hard work).

Agent Monkeysee on 15/9/2006 at 15:46

If I recall correctly this is the same researcher that came to the shocking! conclusion that whites were more evolved than blacks. Since I'm not going to bother doing any research into the area I'm just going to spread this hearsay on the Internet!

Gillie on 15/9/2006 at 15:50

Quote Posted by madwolf

Isn't Fiona a womans' name?

I'm sure it's still bollocks anyway

So to speak.

I did not take it seriously either!. Sure she felt the same as well.
I personally do not think it matters anyway. :). I found it amusing especially the remarks at the end.

SD on 15/9/2006 at 16:18

Men invented TV, computers, internet, cars, telephone, radio... you name it, it was more than likely invented by a bloke. Like SlyFoxx says - did we really need a scientific study?