DepravedAndDeprived
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I have never met a single woman that I would consider intelligent.
Don't get my wrong. Having worked in academia (STEM), I've seen many female students that were considered 'excellent'. In fact, women, in general, have better grades than men. But that does not imply intelligence. This is because university education is effectively an exercise in slavish reproduction. If you listen to your teacher, and you do as you're told, you're basically guaranteed to do well.
Men and women behave strikingly different in the classroom. Women ask for help significantly more often, and when they do, it is without exception about how to solve the designated exercises. Men, on the other hand, usually ask to get the concepts clarified, and they will often propose new ideas, alternative approaches, different viewpoints, and so on.
I have met women who claim to have a high IQ, and I'm inclined to believe them, but here's the thing. IQ rates your ability to analyse *within the constraints given by the exercise*; but this is merely a measure of raw logical thinking rather than true creativity. Sure, women are capable of performing tasks when they're presented to them --- but so are computers. True intelligence requires initiative, it means creating something out of nothing, it means trying something new, thinking outside the box.
What about social intelligence? Women are often said to excel in social intelligence, but I disagree for the same reasons: While women excel at social conformity, and at adhering to the rules as they are imposed upon them, they lack insights into *why* the conventions are a they are, they won't challenge them, they won't break with the rules. They merely emulate.
Such is the difference between male and female intelligence. This is why, even though women can have the same raw intellect as men, changes and inventions are always the work of men.
Don't get my wrong. Having worked in academia (STEM), I've seen many female students that were considered 'excellent'. In fact, women, in general, have better grades than men. But that does not imply intelligence. This is because university education is effectively an exercise in slavish reproduction. If you listen to your teacher, and you do as you're told, you're basically guaranteed to do well.
Men and women behave strikingly different in the classroom. Women ask for help significantly more often, and when they do, it is without exception about how to solve the designated exercises. Men, on the other hand, usually ask to get the concepts clarified, and they will often propose new ideas, alternative approaches, different viewpoints, and so on.
I have met women who claim to have a high IQ, and I'm inclined to believe them, but here's the thing. IQ rates your ability to analyse *within the constraints given by the exercise*; but this is merely a measure of raw logical thinking rather than true creativity. Sure, women are capable of performing tasks when they're presented to them --- but so are computers. True intelligence requires initiative, it means creating something out of nothing, it means trying something new, thinking outside the box.
What about social intelligence? Women are often said to excel in social intelligence, but I disagree for the same reasons: While women excel at social conformity, and at adhering to the rules as they are imposed upon them, they lack insights into *why* the conventions are a they are, they won't challenge them, they won't break with the rules. They merely emulate.
Such is the difference between male and female intelligence. This is why, even though women can have the same raw intellect as men, changes and inventions are always the work of men.