In article , dg411{at}FreeNet.Carleton.CA
says...
>
> "cathyk" (cathy_kenneth3{at}hotmail.com) writes:
> > Michael Lewis wrote:
> >> cathyk wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Of course whenver girls did worse in school it was
because boys were
> >>> smarter
> >>
> >> The use of past tense in that sentence is important.
> >
> > Yes...because now girls consistently out perform boys in exams.
>
> Logical, now that the schools have been thorougly feminised.
>
> See " The War Against Boys; How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our
> Young Men ", by Christina Hoff Sommers, for much more on this.
>
> > Personally I think there is no difference in total intelligence, merely
> > in particular strengths.
>

There's a good article on the topic at:

http://www.angryharry.com/reBoysareStillTopDogs.htm

The article is pretty clear on the IQ differences, but I'm not
sure I agree with the conclusions in the last paragraph:

"The result of all this for our girls and boys? Controversially, some
academics believe it means that girls will never dominate the very top
of society no matter how well they do at school, sixth form or
university. What women face is not a “glass ceiling” but a “genetic
ceiling” — they fail to reach the topmost positions in society not
because they face discrimination, but simply because they are not quite
as bright as the very bright men aiming for the same spot. As a result,
what we can expect for the future of Britain is this: a society
dominated by a male elite above a cadre of diligent and bright but not
superbright women, with a bottom layer, an underclass, of considerably
more stupid men. "

I'm not sure that society is dominated by an intelligent "male elite".
I've not seen any evidence that the political leaders, in the USA at
least,  are much more intelligent than the average for either men
or women.   There's an interesting article on that subject at

http://vdare.com/sailer/041028_iq.htm


I also wonder that success in society might be related to other
traits than intelligence---perhaps traits like:

 "female traits: scrupulousness, diligence, systematic thought.”

(from the Dirty Harry article).

Mark Borgerson





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