In another thread, I pondered, "Why are women, on average, better writers than men, but at the extreme, most of the "great" authors are men???"
Since it was suggested I start a new thread, here goes. To recap, I was somewhat on-topically replying to the posting, "I could probably tell you all a man's "thought process" in about 1 paragraph."
Then a post disputed my "boys are generally better at math & girls are generally better at language" claim: "I can remember being told in kindergarten that math was for boys as late as 1976."
This takes us deeper into the "nature/nurture" question. If there's a culture of little girls telling each other not to apply themselves at math, because it's not feminine, that's a point of nurture. But if it's the teacher consoling the girls who simply tend to struggle more with math, that might be more a point of nature.
Although the comment, "Just because female writers weren't acknowledged or celebrated doesn't mean they weren't great. (list of some great women authors)...not sure where you're getting your information." questions my assertion, almost all lists of 20th century great authors look like this or this.
So first, are my assertions true? Second, if so, is it by nature or nurture? Third, is there anything interesting to be learned from these differences? Much like all the male-female sex drive questions, there may be small value in discussing "averages," since we're all individuals, not averages, but maybe there's something of interest here?
Since it was suggested I start a new thread, here goes. To recap, I was somewhat on-topically replying to the posting, "I could probably tell you all a man's "thought process" in about 1 paragraph."
Then a post disputed my "boys are generally better at math & girls are generally better at language" claim: "I can remember being told in kindergarten that math was for boys as late as 1976."
This takes us deeper into the "nature/nurture" question. If there's a culture of little girls telling each other not to apply themselves at math, because it's not feminine, that's a point of nurture. But if it's the teacher consoling the girls who simply tend to struggle more with math, that might be more a point of nature.
Although the comment, "Just because female writers weren't acknowledged or celebrated doesn't mean they weren't great. (list of some great women authors)...not sure where you're getting your information." questions my assertion, almost all lists of 20th century great authors look like this or this.
So first, are my assertions true? Second, if so, is it by nature or nurture? Third, is there anything interesting to be learned from these differences? Much like all the male-female sex drive questions, there may be small value in discussing "averages," since we're all individuals, not averages, but maybe there's something of interest here?
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