Re: COGN: Intelligence a sex-linked trait?

From: Kennita Watson (kwatson@netcom.com)
Date: Thu Jan 23 1997 - 00:43:18 MST


>It seems we have problems at defining intelligence. If we use some
>standard metric, like IQ, SAT or whatever (we still haven't heard any
>definitive numbers), somebody might argument that these metrics are not
>gender-neutral.

Might this perhaps be because men defined the metrics (and wrote the
tests)?

Kennita

Kennita Watson | The bond that links your true family is not one of blood,
kwatson@netcom.com| but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do
                  | members of the same family grow up under the same roof.
                  | -- Richard Bach, _Illusions_



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