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- From: anna@psych.toronto.edu (Anna Filippone)
- Subject: Re: Sick and tired of cries of sexism (was Re: 9 1/2 Weeks)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.045622.12559@psych.toronto.edu>
- Organization: P.S.A. (Psychology Student's Association)
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 04:56:22 GMT
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- In article <92364.185826U23700@uicvm.uic.edu> <U23700@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
- >although research has been done that shows that men have a greater
- >physiological response to visual stimuli, i don't think that you
- >can rule out conditioning as a possible reason for this. as a child,
- >i was inculcated with the 'boys are good at math, girls are good at
- >verbal things' bias. yet recent research in child development shows
- >that boys and girls go through the same developmental phases, but at
- >*different* times -- and so, depending on the curriculum, math may
- >be easier understood by one group or another depending on the devel-
- >opmental stage the groups are in.
- >
-
- Okay, here's one place I can throw in solid research evidence (I'll search
- for the the authors' names if anyone realllllly wants me too).
-
- There was no significant difference found in the abilities of girls and boys
- in math up until the age of 11. After that point there was an advantage on
- the part of boys. Hell, when you have things like Barbie dolls saying "Math
- class is tough" can you wonder how these differences are created?
-
- As well, keep in mind that in all studies of differences between boys and
- girls, women and men, the differences are not overwhelming. Sure, they're
- statistically significant, but that doesn't mean there isn't overlap.
- When you look at math or reading or visual-spatial abilities, 95% of the
- boys and girls perform at the same level, only 5% of one sex have an
- advantage. So can we really say that these small differences allow for the
- perpetuation of such well-defined stereotypes?
-
- Anna
-
- --
- "Mark but this flea, and mark in this,
- Anna Filippone How little that which thou deniest me is:
- anna@psych.toronto.edu Me it sucked first, and now sucks thee,
- And in this flea our two bloods mingled be." - Donne
-