RE: Psychology Addict # 55 | The Role Biology Plays in Defining Who We Are - A Critical Discussion.
To add further complexity to this matter, there are studies out there which demonstrated that pre-natal exposure to sex hormones continue to influence brain development in ways that generate ‘typical’ gender differences between boys and girls throughout adolescence. Namely, disparity in visuospatial and language skills 14 as well as types of psychological difficulties; with girls being at a greater risk of developing mood related conditions such as depression, anxiety and also eating disorders 15, 16 while boys are more susceptible to develop conduct disorders and ADHD 17.
I attend talks on diversity (as a member of national selection committees in France) and there are definitely weird studies going into that direction. Take a given geometry test where a complex picture of intricate geometrical shapes has to be reproduced. Give the exercise it to high school boys and girls as a geometry test. Boys do generally better than girls. Take the same test but give it as a drawing test. Girls do generally better than boys. And there are many more examples (but this one is the one that marked me most).
All of this to emphasise that there are differences between boys and girls, or male and female. I hope I won’t be burned for having said that (note that I only said what I wrote and did not understand anything).
PS: Next week is HF21… we should just continue to do what we usually do :)
There are various studies out there pointing to this very reality @lemouth. And it's just too bad it has become such a contentious subject matter. I believe that societies as a whole would gain much more in understanding and respecting these differences, than rejecting them. Alas!
Thank you for stopping by and contributing to this discussion with such an interesting personal observation :)
I wish you, lamouthe & the boys a great, relaxing weekend!
My main concerns with those studies is that many people just ignore them. There are people who want to push the male-female equality to the end. I cannot understand that.
I hope you are enjoying your week-end. I am leaving tomorrow for Germany for a week, the family waiting for me in France (work has restarted, so have travels... ;) )
Have a safe trip :)
Thank you!
Oh, you are here?
Yes, I am in Mainz for 2 weeks (with an interruption over the week-end). It is slightly far from Hamburg ;)
Bummer! I really would like to meat you, one day. :)
Have a nice stay in Mainz. Never been there myself, so you must tell me, how you liked it.
Greetings to you!
This is a really nice city (especially the altstadt part) with a lot of nice restaurants where it is pleasant to say. Still a few days here before going back ^^
I do not know when I will be back in Germany next, and where, but I will keep you updated.
enjoy!
I have some other topic I'd like to have some support. You may know me by now, I am quite fascinated by the systemic approaches within the sciences but also in social environments. I proposed an experiment yesterday on my blog. Would it bother you, to take part in it? One could see it as a little scientific experiment even though I don't say that in particular. The post is unusually short for what I otherwise publish ;-)
Maybe one day we will finally make it to meet in Hamburg.
I will (try to) have a look to the other topic!
Hopefully we will meet one day in Hamburg (or elsewhere) ^^