Reply To: Why Are Men More Intelligent Than Women?

yitay: It isn’t relevant. An anecdotal comparison of mine to someone else here is inconsequential. And regardless, I’ll be charged with either hubris or deceit. Suffice to say, I’d be accepted by Mensa (if I cared to, which I don’t) in an instant.

Sam: It is true that at both ends of the extremes of the spectrum there is a widening gap between the genders. Nevertheless the point remains, as the mean male IQ is 5 points higher than the mean female IQ.

OOM: All studies conclude that males have a higher average IQ. It isn’t in dispute, as it well shouldn’t be. It is simply a compilation of testing results. The only differences between studies is a small difference of how much higher males score (though even on that point there isn’t significant deviation – some may have it at 4 IQ points) and what to attribute the reason for the difference to. The most common explanation I’ve seen to explain why men have a higher IQ, according to academic studies, is because men have a larger brain size (physically).

And this has held true for a century. They generally categorize the IQ difference between males and females as a small but significant difference. (And, no, the discussion here isn’t based on Yiddishkeit.)

P.S. While I may have capitalized this thread title, in the past I hadn’t but a mod edited to capitalize the first letter of each word. It happened a couple of times, so I got the point to save them the trouble (if I applied it here – I don’t recall). It seems to be site policy, albeit inconsistently applied. The New York Times does the same, generally.