> Until recently, behavior differences between the sexes have been
> explained away by social conditioning - the expectations of parents,
> whose own attitudes, in turn, reflect the expectations of society;
> little boys are told that they shouldn't cry, and that the way to the
> top depends on masculine assertion and aggression. Scant attention was
> paid to the biological view that we may be what we are because of the
> way we are made. Today, there is too much new biological evidence for
> the sociological argument to prevail.

>Topaz wrote: Anne Moir And David Jessel wrote:
>

>> Until recently, behavior differences between the sexes have been
>> explained away by social conditioning - the expectations of parents,
>> whose own...

> The sexes are different because their brains are different. The brain,
> the chief administrative and emotional organ of life, is differently
> constructed in men and in women; it processes information in a
> different way, which results in different perceptions, priorities and
> behavior.

> It cannot be stressed often enough that this book concerns itself
> with the average man and the average woman.

>The average man may very well be better than the average woman at
>certain tasks, (and I'm sure the reverse is also true,) but some women
>may still be better than most men at that very task. Should the law
>preclude them from doing such tasks? I think not.

>
>Let's say I agree 100%% with the book in question (I think I will, but I
>haven't read it yet.) Does that, in any way, mean that law should allow
>either sex privileges the other doesn't have?

>
>Since the law doesn't apply simply to average men and women, but to
>*all* men and women, it seems to me that the law must take that into
>account.

>
>The average man may very well be better than the average woman at
>certain tasks, (and I'm sure the reverse is also true,) but some women
>may still be better than most men at that very task. Should the law
>preclude them from doing such tasks? I think not.

> Here are some quotes from Brain Sex, the Real Difference between men
> and women

> "Daniel T." earthlink.net> wrote:
>

>>But isn't that the problem? In many fields the quality of applicants
>>doesn't dictate the result.

>
> On average, they do. The free market will gravitate towards the better
> choice for employers.

>>In such an environment, a non-popular
>>generded person must be vastly superior in the field to get any
>>consideration at all.

>
> You cannot make rules based on exceptions.

> "Daniel T." earthlink.net> wrote:

>>AlanS nowhere.com> wrote:

>>> "Daniel T." earthlink.net> wrote:

>

>>> This may come as a sexist remark, certainly not intended so, but you
>>> could easily replace all female engineers of the last century, say,
>>> male nurses from the same period (trained in engineering instead,
>>> obviously), and hardly skip a beat.

>

>>Without evidence, that is indeed a sexist remark.

>
> It's from personal experience. I don't know of many female engineers
> and no exceptional ones.

> Here are some quotes from Brain Sex, the Real Difference between men
> and women
> By Anne Moir And David Jessel
>
> They are equal only in their common membership of the species,
> humankind. To maintain that they are the same in aptitude, skill or
> behavior is to build a society based on a biological and scientific
> lie.
>
> The sexes are different because their brains are different. The brain,
> the chief administrative and emotional organ of life, is differently
> constructed in men and in women; it processes information in a
> different way, which results in different perceptions, priorities and
> behavior.
>
> Until recently, behavior differences between the sexes have been
> explained away by social conditioning - the expectations of parents,
> whose own attitudes, in turn, reflect the expectations of society;
> little boys are told that they shouldn't cry, and that the way to the ...