He's Not as Smart as He Thinks

This is silly. I think this article is a case of politically correct double standards. As a male who has worked in IT for the last 10 years I am not only insulted and offended by this article, but I realize that if a male wrote the same article claiming 'scientific proof' that we are smarter than women feminists, NOW and other women's groups would claim sexism and have a victim party. For some reason the only thing men have not done that is smart is organize to point out misandric articles like this one. It is however, not politically incorrect to bash men. For some reason no matter what articles women write putting men down it seems rare that a man is informed enough to consider it hateful. If women are smarter, then take over the IT business, the science business and math as a career. The "male ego" is such a stereotype at this point. Why is one of the leading theoretical physicists a woman but some guy with no shirt gets arrested on the show COPS for beating his wife? The answer is not because mental capacity is a gender issue. It is because intelligence is an individual thing. All I'm saying is that by the time Joan Raymond writes this pseudo-scientific and hateful article people fail to see the misandry. beniceyall says this article is not about how women are smarter but yes it is, read the title. Also beniceyall says men die more and are awarded more Darwin awards. This is because it is much more natural for men to take risks that women usually do not take. Not because men are not as smart. It is also a neat trick to say a man "has an ego" as soon as he defends his gender. The "fragile male ego" is another one of the many negative stereotypes injected into men's lives. Women have egos, too. The Darwin awards are a joke, not a justification for the media to continuously bash males and put females on a pedestal. Lastly, I do not thing one gender or race or anything is smarter than the other, I just think that men these days are treated like black people were in the 60's. We can be called not as smart as women, rapists, woman-beaters, perverts, pedophiles. Men take the blame and are exploited. Our sexuality is vilified and our intelligence is degraded, usually by women who are "experts". No one would ever say or write half of the things about women that western society says and writes about men, just out of respect.

I don't think intelligence has a diffinitive measure as of yet. Most all of us have different strengths in one area and weaknesses in another and some are encompassing in their intelligence only to the point of being a jack of all trades and a master of none. But how do you define the importance of certain strengths and weaknesses. I guess intelligence and beauty are both in the eye of the beholder.

This is BS, I have never thought a man was smarter than I am. I have never had any doubts about my intelligence and I have never bowed down to any man in any way and I never will. It makes me sad to see this because it just reinforces the myth that men are smarter than women.

Well there were certainly plenty of people drawn to read and judge this very innocent
article, a fluff piece. I personally love fluff and I am a woman. My better half is a Dr. that loves
football. He knows what he knows as do I .We have very different motives for wanting to
learn anything new. He will only do it if it has the potential to increase his income and I do
most things out of sheer curiosity. I agree with the study that perceived intelligence may be greater with men, but certainly there are a great many exceptions. I know that I am more confident in what I do know than my better half, so we are both exceptions to the rule, as I am sure many responding to this board are, but that is by no means the general rule.

Everyone seems to be ignoring some pretty big facts. Yes, Men due show up more on the extremes of the bell curve. Meaning yes, there are more ultra smart men than women, BUT, it also means there are more ultra dumb men than women. Has anyone considered why this is? I encourage you to google Darwin awards and you will be hard pressed to find many women among the ranks of those awarded. Beside the article isn't about who is smarter, it's about how men and women perceive our given IQs. Unless you want to conduct your own research to refute it, the research indicates that men have more "ego" or think more highly of their IQs than women. I think most of these men are just trying to refute being labeled as "egotistical" or some similar label, when the evidence here supports that they are.

Everyone seems to be ignoring some pretty big facts. Yes, Men due show up more on the extremes of the bell curve. Meaning yes, there are more ultra smart men than women, BUT, it also means there are more ultra dumb men than women. Has anyone considered why this is? I encourage you to google Darwin awards and you will be hard pressed to find many women among the ranks of those awarded. Beside the article isn't about who is smarter, it's about how men and women perceive our given IQs. Unless you want to conduct your own research to refute it, the research indicates that men have more "ego" or think more highly of their IQs than women. I think most of these men are just trying to refute being labeled as "egotistical" or some similar label, when the evidence here supports that they are.

the argument of book smarts vs technology smarts doesn't fly....I'm a female working in the IT industry; I have a degree in Computer Science and also knowledge in Automotive Repair, home building, appliance repair, telephone repair and all the other things robm named. Does that make me smarter than a man? Not necessarily... So I'm not sure what his position is. But I have noticed men tend to take this more personally than females. I'm confident in my knowledge and abilities. Whether or not someone is smarter than me has nothing to do with what's in their pants.

I knew it all along... :0)
-A Woman

I knew it all along
-A Woman

i don't think men are smarter than women.However,in certain fields of knowledge men excel,and in other realms of knowledge woman are superior.this is and everlasling debate,that wii go on forever.

this study sounds like the same femanist crap I have been hearing my whole life. Hey ladies why dont you grow a pair and let your actions speak louder then words then you wouldnt need a study to make you feel good about your self