--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], cardemaister <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/minitext/anxiety/index.asp > > > > > > There are known structural differnces in the female > > and male brains that lead to the *average* female > > (as though she exists) being less suited to math > > then the average male (see preceding parethetical). > > > "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, > they're yours." -- Richard Bach >
Hmmm... am I female? I was merely pointing out that there is an average level of performance associated with math that has a gender bias. There are exceptions, and more power to them. Lady Lovelace, for instance... And, for another example of how physical limitations can make for an average requirement, look at basketball: the *average* player is very tall, but there have been professional male basketball players as short as five foot 3 inches and one champion-level "slam dunker" claims that he first starting slam dunking when he was 4 foot 11 inches. Hieght is an extremely mportant factor in basketball, but there are there factors as well. Likewise, the structure of the female brain makes women, in general, less likely to do well in math, but there are plenty of very good, even outstanding, female mathematicians and scientists. WHY they are so good, is a question that I can't answer. Perhaps they don't have as "feminite" a brain as average, or perhaps they were exposed to math at a very early age in a way that allowed them to excel (most math teachers don't know how to communicate well with non-math-whiz students, I've noticed). As Judy likes to say, your throwaway comment above is a thoguht-stopper. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/zAINmC/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
