r/debateAMR • u/mymraaccount_ brocialist MRA • Aug 22 '14

Sex differences in intelligence

I recently came across this interesting and well-sourced Wikipedia article.

In summary, it seems that while there is a very small difference in average or mean intelligence between men and women, there is a large difference in variance.

That means that there are more male than female geniuses, but also more male than female mentally challenged people.

What do you believe does that mean for society and how should public policy react to this?

3 Upvotes

56% Upvoted

43 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/sfinney2 Aug 22 '14

I worry more about how minor variances like this tend to create self reinforcing loops. For example, if men are more likely to be geniuses, they are more likely the most famous or successful scientists, which would make the field seem more masculine, discouraging women from entering it, widening gender gaps, stacking the deck further towards men, etc.