Men and women have the same average IQ and at a best guess the same ‘g’ (itself an astounding scientific finding given how different they are neuroanatomicaly, but well validated), but differences in specific abilities are so large that people with opposite gender typical relative verbal and visuo-spatial abilities are considered learning disabled (Unless they were Jewish, oddly, as massively superior verbal to visuo-spatial abilities are common among Jews and thus not considered abnormal).
So, the “men don’t ask for directions, women don’t use maps” thing is not just some arbitrary cultural thing akin to trousers vs skirts? Huh. (OTOH it is one of the very few gender stereotypes that for some reason I don’t fully understand some part of my brain takes as normative, and I feel some reluctance to ask for directions that I can’t fully explain and I don’t want.)
are considered learning disabled
I can’t remember ever noticing that—and I’m not Jewish.
So, the “men don’t ask for directions, women don’t use maps” thing is not just some arbitrary cultural thing akin to trousers vs skirts? Huh. (OTOH it is one of the very few gender stereotypes that for some reason I don’t fully understand some part of my brain takes as normative, and I feel some reluctance to ask for directions that I can’t fully explain and I don’t want.)
I can’t remember ever noticing that—and I’m not Jewish.