It's hard to directly quote research on this, as most material of that nature is behind a paywall, but looking into what's filtered down to popular press:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7896385/Scientists-prove-that-women-are-better-at-multitasking-than-men.html <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/7896385/Scientists-prove-that-women-are-better-at-multitasking-than-men.html> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4404682.stm <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4404682.stm> http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aspergers_pr.html <http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aspergers_pr.html>So most stereotypical "geek" traits seem to carry a hint of aspergers/autism, this in turn is theorised as just representing the far-right of the bell curve for behavioural traits on the male/female axis. Such traits being the ability to hyperfocus single-mindedly on a task (with a corresponding lack of multitasking ability), a knack for visual thinking, difficulty resuming a task after being distracted, a slight weakness in communicating verbally and through body language, a tendency towards being very "literal" about topics (sometimes perceived as being pedantic), etc... (sound like anyone you know?) Whatever your opinion, the research/studies are overwhelmingly in favour of the theory that there is a difference between male and female brains, both structurally and in behaviour. It's still possible that structural differences arise from the brain developing differently based on incoming stimuli, and that these come in turn from cultural expectations. However, experiments designed to compensate for this generally seem to have discredited the idea. On 7 December 2010 10:12, Casper Bang <casper.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't shoot the messenger and don't put words in my mouth. This "cod > psychology" are theories you can find in many lectures and books. I'd > like to hear your theories, surely are you not suggest women stay away > from CS and engineering because they are sexually harassed and > oppressed? Why aren't there more of a 50:50 relationship? > > > This kind of evidence free, cod psychology exactly illustrates the > > point being made: men just take it as given that women are not as good > > as men at analysing situations, finding solutions and making > > decisions. As a result, (some) men assume women can't hack it and > > treat them accordingly. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : kev.lee.wri...@gmail.com pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
