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I always assumed it was because women are lousy drivers and the stakes are much higher when you get behind the wheel of a plane... duck

pbhjpbhj 16y ago
I think your comment has some (limited) merit - men are supposed to have better spatial reasoning which is pretty important when you're considering attitude and approach, etc., I imagine.
- pbhjpbhj 16y ago
  From Psychological Science January 1, 1993 vol. 4 no. 1 35-40: "Recent research suggests that dynamic spatial reasoning tasks show more robust gender differences than static spatial reasoning tasks." From the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, http://www.jstor.org/pss/749620 http://www.jstor.org/pss/749620, 2001: "By 8th grade, girls' relatively poorer spatial-mechanical skills contribute to lower scores in types of mathematics at which boys typically excel". Come on HN how does this not add to the discussion. Here's some food for thought: * http://pss.sagepub.com/content/18/10/850.short http://pss.sagepub.com/content/18/10/850.short - action games altering spatial reasoning differences across the genders * http://rer.sagepub.com/content/65/1/22.short http://rer.sagepub.com/content/65/1/22.short - spatial reasoning appears to be a function of mathematical ability and not gender per se * http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V9F-3VV41KB-H&_user=10&_coverDate=10%2F31%2F1996&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1684437014&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=6469ba0ec21c0495d08c16f8672a9792&searchtype=a http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi... - showing that it appears to be relatively easy to improve spatial reasoning, particularly for females, if there's a desire to do it But hey stick your head back in the sand and repeat after me "everyone is equal; gender is an illusion".

pbhjpbhj 16y ago

I think your comment has some (limited) merit - men are supposed to have better spatial reasoning which is pretty important when you're considering attitude and approach, etc., I imagine.

pbhjpbhj 16y ago
From Psychological Science January 1, 1993 vol. 4 no. 1 35-40: "Recent research suggests that dynamic spatial reasoning tasks show more robust gender differences than static spatial reasoning tasks." From the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, http://www.jstor.org/pss/749620 http://www.jstor.org/pss/749620, 2001: "By 8th grade, girls' relatively poorer spatial-mechanical skills contribute to lower scores in types of mathematics at which boys typically excel". Come on HN how does this not add to the discussion. Here's some food for thought: * http://pss.sagepub.com/content/18/10/850.short http://pss.sagepub.com/content/18/10/850.short - action games altering spatial reasoning differences across the genders * http://rer.sagepub.com/content/65/1/22.short http://rer.sagepub.com/content/65/1/22.short - spatial reasoning appears to be a function of mathematical ability and not gender per se * http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V9F-3VV41KB-H&_user=10&_coverDate=10%2F31%2F1996&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=gateway&_origin=gateway&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1684437014&_rerunOrigin=scholar.google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=6469ba0ec21c0495d08c16f8672a9792&searchtype=a http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi... - showing that it appears to be relatively easy to improve spatial reasoning, particularly for females, if there's a desire to do it But hey stick your head back in the sand and repeat after me "everyone is equal; gender is an illusion".