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So much for those "innate differences" between male and female brains. I was particularly bewildered by the use of forty year old research to support the idea of innate sex differences; there's been plenty of on-point research since then, so why use such old articles, unless it's to support a pre-existing theory?
One reason I found this article so instructive was that the "women are naturally empathic, men are naturally good at math" stereotype doesn't square with my experience. Unlike the authors of many of these articles, I spent four years living in a single-sex environment, and what I saw was that women and men are a lot closer in behavior, intelligence, and talent than most people (including scientists) are willing to admit.
One reason I found this article so instructive was that the "women are naturally empathic, men are naturally good at math" stereotype doesn't square with my experience. Unlike the authors of many of these articles, I spent four years living in a single-sex environment, and what I saw was that women and men are a lot closer in behavior, intelligence, and talent than most people (including scientists) are willing to admit.
