THE IDEA THAT MEN ARE SMARTER THAN WOMEN HAS BEEN COMPLETELY DEBUNKED!
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>"There is a history of scientists using the notion of greater male variability to explain why science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are dominated by men, rather than considering other reasons why we see fewer women in these professions, such as historical exclusion or gender stereotyping.
>"Based on our data, if we assume that humans are like other animals, there is equal chance of having a similar number of high-achieving women as there are high-achieving men in this world.
>"Based on this logic, there is also just as great a chance of having a similar number of men and women that are low achievers."
>The ANU team reviewed more than 10,000 biological studies and analysed behavioural traits of males and females in more than 200 animal species, from insects to dolphins.
>The researchers found males and females have similar levels of "variability", which is contrary to beliefs held by biologists that have long assumed male animals are more variable than females.
>"If males are more variable than females, it would mean there are more men than women with either very low or very high IQs," co-author Professor Michael Jennions said.
>"But our research in over 200 animal species shows variation in male and female behaviour is very similar. Therefore, there is no reason to invoke this argument based on biology to explain why more men than women are Nobel laureates, for example, which we associate with high IQ."
>To conduct their research the ANU scientists looked at five types of behavioural traits used to measure personality in animals: boldness, aggressiveness, exploration, sociability and activity.
>"Based on our data, if we assume that humans are like other animals, there is equal chance of having a similar number of high-achieving women as there are high-achieving men in this world.
>"Based on this logic, there is also just as great a chance of having a similar number of men and women that are low achievers."
>The ANU team reviewed more than 10,000 biological studies and analysed behavioural traits of males and females in more than 200 animal species, from insects to dolphins.
>The researchers found males and females have similar levels of "variability", which is contrary to beliefs held by biologists that have long assumed male animals are more variable than females.
>"If males are more variable than females, it would mean there are more men than women with either very low or very high IQs," co-author Professor Michael Jennions said.
>"But our research in over 200 animal species shows variation in male and female behaviour is very similar. Therefore, there is no reason to invoke this argument based on biology to explain why more men than women are Nobel laureates, for example, which we associate with high IQ."
>To conduct their research the ANU scientists looked at five types of behavioural traits used to measure personality in animals: boldness, aggressiveness, exploration, sociability and activity.
