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It's also possible that the distribution is different. i.e there are more men who are total geniuses at one end and total dumbasses at the other but the averag

It's also possible that the distribution is different. i.e there are more men who are total geniuses at one end and total dumbasses at the other but the average would be the same. https://qz.com/441905/men-are-both-dumber-and-smarter-than-women/ https://qz.com/441905/men-are-both-dumber-and-smarter-than-w... No idea if it's true though - not my field and not an expert.

endisneigh 6y ago
Even if this were true it still wouldn't explain the difference. This could only be the explanation of two conditions are met: 1. Your cited article is correct. 2. The jobs that are "top tier" indeed require this "top tier" level intelligence. This second point would require some pretty extraordinary evidence to prove. Women have representation (only filtering among women under 40) in jobs that require "high intelligence" yet the discrepancy persists. doctors: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/the-big-number-women-now-outnumber-men-in-medical-schools/2019/12/20/8b9eddea-2277-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html#:~:text=For%20the%20first%20time%2C%20women,students%20in%20U.S.%20medical%20schools.&text=Its%20survey%20of%2018%2C000%20physicians,younger%20than%2035%20were%20women https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/the-big-number-women-n.... lawyers: https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2018/05/women-lawyers.html https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2018/05/women-lawyers... (just to use two popular examples. if you extend this out to a lot more professions the pattern persists) You could be right, but I personally doubt it.