Total crap.
Yeah yeah I know. Chicks are good at all of this and the study is BS. I just saw an excuse to slam Rachel Carson.
Posted on 09/15/2011 8:54:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I’m sixty-eight years old. At this moment, I am teaching myself algebra.
Stop screwing around on FR, and get back to work! ;)
Smartypants.
Yes, I think so. These are disciplines based on data and logic. Women are wired for feelings and emotion. And a good thing to, say I.
Total crap.
Yeah yeah I know. Chicks are good at all of this and the study is BS. I just saw an excuse to slam Rachel Carson.
I'm loving it too. I am beginning to understand the old saying, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks," because I'm still struggling with it like I did when I was a kid in jr. high, but I have made up my mind I'm going to keep reading and practicing until it becomes OBVIOUS. I spend a couple of hours a day with it.
People with "language" brains struggle with math, while those with "math" brains have a more difficult time with languages and spelling. What goes around comes around.
It may be true. Women let a credit card do the math for them while shopping. The only science women nowadays know is “if I get to Macy’s at 8 am for a sale, what are the odds more women will be in front of me?”
Read it when it first came out. Pure poppycock.
More power to you! Good luck with your math studies. Keep at it!
Science was always easy for me, but math went over my head like a pigeon. English, spelling, reading, etc., were super easy, on the other hand. As I got older, I learned more of the difficult stuff and less of the easy stuff, and it is still going on.
I guess all those nuns who pounded math and science into my brain were just loaded up with testosterone. Who knew?
We should join the comments (not the article which is quite interesting) with the Michele Bachmann comments. Maybe we should just ban women altogether from Free Republic! Too dumb and emotional for the genuises here. LOL.
Can’t speak for all women, but personally I get sick of being told I’m “not supposed” to be good at math and science. And it’s usually coming from the people preaching PC-ism.
Don’t know who concocted the STEM stuff. I studied Mechanical Engineering at Syracuse University in the early 60s — from my experience, the genetic hormonal thing is bogus. Girls are TAUGHT they do not have the skills, so why bother.
And I see a large number of guys being all feely-touchy.
I chalk this up to single mothers bringing up their girls to compete. And bringing up their sons to be more “in touch with their feelings.”
Not in all cases, of course. Just based on personal observation.
My daughter started taking algebra in third grade...and thought it was fun.
Actually, I did poorly in Algebra in HS but after returning to college 15 years after the fact, got straight A's. As to science, I took 5 years of subjects in HS and did quite well.
I still like art, music and theater better!
I’m wired to dislike girly men, commies, libtards and islamics who want to kill me. Oh, and usurping little girly islamic commie libtards who take over our White House.
Opps, that’s gonna need to be reported to Der Fuhrer!
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