Men and women

Eilyeen Yulieth Cahueño Pidiache

Generally speaking, people believe women are not good at math. However,
there is no research that proves that this is true. Women have proven to be as
talented as men in this area. As a result of stereotyped thinking, mathematically
talented girls may be ignored by their parents and forced to study more
"feminine" subjects. Research has proven that a child's success in math
depends on self-confidence and commitment, not on gender,
• Men and women in leadership
positions are more alike than they
are different. This is one of the
main conclusions of a study by the
University of Antwerp (Belgium) on
the personality of women and men
in positions of great responsibility.
• Science clearly shows that there is no difference
in general intelligence between men and
women”, agrees the American expert Richard
Haier, who warns about how to interpret the
inequalities detected in specific capacities.“It
does not mean that women cannot mentally
rotate and there are many women who do it
better than many men, but there are more men
who can do it much better,” Haier details
patiently. "You'd be surprised how many people
don't understand this"
• the height. On average, men are taller
than women, but there are many
women who are taller than many
men.Curiously enough, Melissa Hines,
from the University of Cambridge, also
resorted to quantifying the inequalities
between the sexes, in a recent
congress on the subject, of the
European Molecular Biology
Organization (EMBO) in Heidelberg
(Germany).
• Mathematics and science careers in
general are another topic of debate.
“It is well known that there are more
men than women in some scientific
areas, it is true in physics,
engineering and mathematics”,
recalls Haier. “The reason is
controversial. There is data to
suggest that there are more men at
the pinnacle of mathematical ability,
of spatial representation. These are
important skills for these specialties.
It's not to say that women can't do
it, and there are women who are
just as good, but there seem to be
fewer women."
• In general, men are physically more aggressive than
women. The difference is usually attributed to the
presence of testosterone, as indicated by a study carried
out by John Archer in 2006, although this same study
indicates that the differences between the sexes are more
subtle, since at three years of age girls are so aggressive
that boys and in adolescence, when testosterone
reappears, the aggressiveness of boys does not increase
suddenly.Aggressiveness and empathy are inversely
related: more empathy less aggressiveness and vice versa.
Just as men score higher on things like physical activity,
women are more empathic than men (Eisenberg et al.,
1989)