Kupov3,
There is a current British Documentary which I saw recently (still trying to pin-point it)...which discussed a similar scenario. The general theory dealt with the hormone Testosterone which is at the same level in all babies up until six weeks, then spikes in the male. The whole topic dealt with the differences between the male and female brain as it related to people skills, apathy, dexterity, behavior etc.
Male and Female volunteers were part of a study done, relating their Testosterone levels to their behaviors. It was pretty interesting, with a world wide survey done as well.
The general conclusions suggested that the sexes are wired differently, with specific reference to Testosterone levels. There however, was no mention of any correlation to intelligence.
There have been other studies as well, showing physical differences in the brain. That strongly suggests mental differences in my book.
Of course, nurture has its influence on the evolution of the brain too. I've read an article that claimed both medicine and 'just' intensive therapy can have similar effects on chemical processes up there. So a biological difference at any point doesn't necessarily prove there is an innate difference.
Still, I find the effort to argue completely and utterly against the hypothesis that there are innate differences a strange one.
While there is no abundance of evidence, there is no abundance of evidence against it either. The whole topic is part of ongoing research, and it should be clear that understanding the brain in general is not proving to be an easy task.
Those that argue you can only ever go on the results of extensive studies are missing the point in science. We can't study every possible hypothesis, you simply have to select ones that appear to have some potential.
I find the hypothesis that there are innate differences between men and women quite reasonable, and I'd be interested to see definite results. To argue that the existence of such differences is very unlikely suggests more of a political agenda to me than anything else. I don't have such an agenda.
That individual cases may go against the average is something I'd expect in advance. It would invalidate nothing. If in this area of research suddenly we can't look at averages, again, I smell politics rather than science.
Kupov3,
There is a current British Documentary which I saw recently (still trying to pin-point it)...which discussed a similar scenario. The general theory dealt with the hormone Testosterone which is at the same level in all babies up until six weeks, then spikes in the male. The whole topic dealt with the differences between the male and female brain as it related to people skills, apathy, dexterity, behavior etc.
Male and Female volunteers were part of a study done, relating their Testosterone levels to their behaviors. It was pretty interesting, with a world wide survey done as well.
The general conclusions suggested that the sexes are wired differently, with specific reference to Testosterone levels. There however, was no mention of any correlation to intelligence.