He's Not as Smart as He Thinks

Women or more intelligent and less intelligent when it benefits them. They seem to have a greater ability to adapt in and out as needed. I would like to ask if a study on whether one race is more intellligent than another has been attempted and if so what were the results?

This is what I have to say about this entire male female gender differences thing. I believe each person individually decides by their past life experiences who is the smarter person. What it really boils down to is not who is smarter men vs. women but who has less of a big ego. That is what makes the difference. Each person is very intellegent but putting a person on a pedestool and exalting one person higher than another is just a set up for hurt, anger, frustration and fear. And what I would like to see is, people getting along and becoming all equal whether it be a male or female, or black, or white, or orange, or what ever the difference is we all put our pants on one leg at a time. And If there are a ny aliens out there they do the same thing as we do. We are all created equal. Period end of statement.

These women can't leave well enough alone, huh?

These women just don't know how to leave well enough alone, huh?

Okay, we see what the problem is, now how do you recommend we fix it? Should we as a society let this falsehood be replicated generation after generation, and where does this belief come from? Men and women alike should realize that although we are different, that there really is not one sex that is better than the other. Just like people of the same sex have different strengths and weaknesses, so do people of different sexes, i.e. male and female. The challenge is admitting that each person, whether male or female, has different strengths and weaknesses. Once this admission has been made, the compromise and trust must be done. One must trust the other and be willing to make the compromise of relinguishing control of a task that is their weakness and allow the one with strength in that area to retain control. We must work as a team in order to improve our society. Of course, no one wants to admit that they are weak on any level in any subject area. But truth be told, nobody's perfect!

i think this article just emphasizes what most people aren't really ready to admit, but know is true. if you really examine your own notions about your own intelligence, whether your a man or a woman, you may see that you yourself fit right into this weird global pattern. it's not bashing anyone, it's actually more a comment, in my opinion, on the gender inequalities that still exist the whole world over. i actually know for a fact, through personal experience and studies i've read, that when women are given a task as a group, and there aren't any men in the group, there will be some clear leaders in every aspect of the task and they wind up getting things done.. but, if there is one or more men added to the mix, they will usually all differ to the men to make decisions for the group as a whole. this goes towards at least agreeing with, if not proving, that it's true that women and men both perceive men to be more intelligent. i know most women i have in my circle would probably agree that while this is a sad phenomenon, it's probably a lot better than it used to be. women still urn $0.75 for every dollar urned by men, for the same positions, so there must be people at the top that aren't just thinking and judging their employees by the "clarity of their ideas" and their work ethic. this ha been the case in my own life, as well as the lives of many of my colleagues. strong women, and those who may try to get more for what they do, are sometimes labeled as being "difficult" or a five letter word meaning literally "female dog".. by men and other women. and then, if women don't demand more or equal pay/benefits/opportunities, they're labeled as "subservient" or as a dish-rag. it's not about bashing, again, it's just reality. i'd advise anyone interested in reading some more about this issue to read a book called "the f-word".. it deals with the feminist movement through the generations, and how a lot of people actually think it's over, but there's still a lot of inequalities that exist, there just a little more "undercover" maybe. it gives all sorts of statistics and sites many many studies by all sorts of reputable organizations.. it may a little one sided, i guess, but will give those of you out there who were insulted by this article a different perspective, which is never a bad thing.
(and yeah, dr. phil is a media spectacle for sure.. i agree. at least he's getting people talking about their cr*p!)

Iron my shirt, woman!

Growing up I found that if I presented a thought or idea in the form of: "I read where some guy said" or "This guy I know stated that..." my ideas were not only accepted, but at times thought brilliant and even profound. However, if I tried to take credit for my ideas...I was usually told in a condesending manner, "Yes that's nice" as though if they patted me on the head and pretended to give my thoughts credence..I would go away. I find today that when I spout forth my ideas as my own...a lot of the women are impressed more so than the men who, like my husband will carry on when he hears the same thing from a male counterpart that he dismissed when I said it a week prior.

I have always thought, even as a child that women are much smarter than they are allowed to take credit for; that there are many more women who have been inventors, break-through scientists, philosophers, etc then have been recorded in history so that men can perpetuate the idea that men are much smarter than women. Women are finally getting a voice, yet it is still being drowned out by the voice of the media, the voice of our educational systems, the workplace and the home by the overbearing, oversensitive, and overloud male ego.

I need to apologize. Bob is really a college educated female having a little fun with you guys. Sorry... ! It was a joke. As you can see, I can actually spell relatively well. -The person who pretended to be Bob.

This is apparent. At the same time, men are more outwardly competetive and seem to hide feelings of inferiority better. I really think the basis for the difference mentioned above is religious programming.

This is also in response to NelsonRA....
I have a hard time listening to an argument supplied by someone who does not know the correct spelling of "influence" or the correct form of "affect" versus "effect" to use. Perhaps you should reconsider your position on your own intelligence; I fear you have grossly overestimated your IQ.

We all agree that, life is like a two wheel cart with husband and wife its wheels. But, the wheels must be of same size to move forward. Even a small size difference in wheels will allow the cart to move only in a circle, without reaching any destination.

Why the man calls his wife the "better half"? It has a long history, The phase relates to the "survival of the fittest". History of human civilization tells us that, there was a time, when women were kept by men in chains. Being "weaker sex", women developed urge to survive free from shackles by developing and employing some tactical superiority. The first known University was created by women which developed, taught and transferred skills between women, to became free from the chains without going into the drills of usual martial tactics in which they found themselves seriously disadvantaged. Therefore, they developed the art of making themselves the "better half", through various procedures to "make-up" their weaknesses into their strength. It took several thousand years of struggle before they started winning. Today men happily strived to win the hearts of women and long to find their best match to marry. When successful, they proudly call them their prized better halves.
It would be good to remember that, women's ornamental jewelry like bangles, necklaces, ear rings, nose pins, etc are the reminders of their hard fought struggle to get free from their captive "chain-age".
Ironically, the struggle continued un-checked even after success of women, only to take a wrong new turn. The arm and neck chains have not only started disappearing from the wrists and necks of women, where they were reminders of their horrible "chain-age", but have swapped places with the opposite sex, now decorating the arms and necks of our new generation of young men. This is the grand finale of the fight of women against men, winning medals of which are now decorating the deteriorating bodies of men. Do we need to go any further into the inter-gender superiority debate?

Well good people its been fun reading a typing here but i must go and finish doing my home repairs, i will check back to see what other ppl are saying/ thinking. Have a good day