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Erich in AZ
09-15-06, 05:53 PM
...Guys ARE smarter than women (I knew it all along!) :mrgreen:


Don't shoot the messenger (me).

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17742994&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=are-men-really-cleverer-than-women---name_page.html




MEN are more intelligent than women, new research claims.
Two leading scientists - both men - say male IQs are 3.63 points higher than females.
Psychologist John Philippe Rushton said this explains the "glass ceiling" phenomenon why men get promoted over women.


He said the study proves more men reach the top of their careers because they are smarter - and not because of sex discrimination.


Prof Rushton's team analysed 100,000 aptitude tests taken by 17 and 18-year-olds of both sexes.


And he said men were more intelligent "throughout the entire distribution of scores, in every level of family income, for every level of fathers and mothers' education, and for each and every one of seven ethnic groups".


He also claimed that girls only did better than boys at school because they "mature faster".


The professor said the results backed a similar study last year by Richard Lynn at the University of Ulster.


But the study was slammed by top psychologist Prof Alan Smithers.


He said: "Intelligence is hard to measure. The fact women have not progressed so far in their careers is down to lifestyle choices. I strongly disagree with Prof Rushton's conclusions - he is reading wrongly and too far into the figures.


"Measuring intelligence is not the same as measuring length or temperature." Mr Smithers, head of education at the University of Buckingham, said tests could be constructed to have certain outcomes and men and women have different strengths.


He said that as more women choose to pursue careers rather than have a family, more females will gradually take the top jobs.


Prof Rushton, professor of psychology at the University of Western Ontario, Canada, admitted his research had come up with "unpopular conclusions". But he added: "People should not be made to feel afraid to study controversial issues.


"We have to find the truth about the normal distribution in society.


"It's not right to simply say: 'It must be discrimination and don't dare say anything else'. One should really look at the facts."


The research analysed answers to 145 sections of the US Scholastic Assessment Test. The test, samples of which are printed here, focus on reading, writing and maths.



It is published in this month's issue of academic journal Intelligence


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