Ummm...did I miss the current neuroscientific idea that "men are smarter than
women"?
It's fun to have Harry Belafonte's songs in our heads, however...
And while we're at it, how about this for planting inaccurate information?
The verse:
"...I was treating woman independently.
She was making baby for me.
Baby born. I go to see.
Eyes was blue...
It was not by me."
Cute story line, but this may have helped to plant the stereotype that all
babies are born with blue eyes. (I first heard this song as a teenager, and
for many years believed it to be true about blue-eyed newborns. And I still
have to deal with it occasionally in class, as students believe it to be true)
Perhaps we should set Harry aside as a source of scientific fact. I doubt he
sees himself in that role.
Beth Benoit
Granite State College
Concord NH
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Sylvester
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 1:08 PM
Subject: [tips] Neuroscience vs. Harry Belafonte
Ever since his days of introducing calypso to American audiences,Harry
Belafonte introduced a song that would challenge the current neuroscientific
idea that men are smarter than women.The challenge to that is the calypso
song MAN SMART,WOMAN SMARTER and it goes like this:
Lets put man and woman together
To find out which one is smarter
Some say men, but I say no
Women are smarter in every way
Samson was the strongest man long ago
When he me Delilah he did not know
Delilah found the strength was in his hair
And Delilah cut his
hair........................
Other verses would seem to contradict the notion of a man's superior
intelligence.
Not me,its the people who say that the men
are leading the women astray
But I say the women are smarter in everyway.
And let us not forget
Matilda,Matilda,Matilda she
take me money and went Venezuela
(Once again now........)
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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