This thread of discussion about differences between the sexes has some truth to it IMHO, but it's also very important to remember that these are generalizations. There is a lot of variation among both men and women, with a great amount of overlap in aptitudes and inclinations. Margery's observation is interesting, but that's a really small sample size from which to draw any conclusions. Nancy Connecticut, USA
>________________________________ > From: Margery Allcock <[email protected]> >To: 'Lace Arachne' <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 10:01 AM >Subject: RE: [lace] Math vs arithmetic > > >Tess wrote: >> As for boys and lacemaking, my experience is that they take >> to it more readily than do girls, at first anyway. There are >> lots of reasons for that, but among them might be their >> immediately logical way of thinking and their ability to >> focus more single-mindedly. > >While I was working with a team of IT people, I took in a piece of >torchon (a bookmark, I think), to show. All the women admired how >pretty it was, but one of the men said "It's like plaiting - only more >so - I used to plait my sister's hair!" He had seen through to the >process, where the women had only seen the finished article. > >So although we were all IT-minded, there was a difference between the >sexes. Interesting. > >Margery. >======================================== >[email protected] in North Herts, UK >======================================== - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
