how do male and female intelligence compare?

Question

which sex ranks higher in intellegence and which has superior commumication ability?

Answer 1

Men generally have higher IQs than women.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4183166.stm

This is why you find far fewer women leading companies, or at the forefront of scientific research.

Nina: I think you should focus on learning when, and when not, to use apostrophes. The low standard of your writing makes you look like an imbecile.

Answer 2

Research is inconclusive. Studies have different criteria and different operational definitions of terms. Ultimately they are nearly the same, but it is not a question of quantity, but rather quality. Certain aspects, many females tend to do better on than men, yet other aspects rank men higher. The problem is that research samples have not been taken from a wide enough area; people have not been given an IQ test that is virtually universal and culturally appropriate for all peoples (because that does not exist); and research has not agreed on what defines "intelligence". Stop trying to diverge the masses! Kidding, naturally.

Answer 3

Let's answer this with a joke.
A man was walking on the beach when came across a metal container. He picked it up and brushed off the sand. Suddenly a genie appeared and said, "I have been in that lamp for 3000 years. To thank you, allow me to grant you one wish."
The man exclaimed, "I thought I get three?"
The genie responded, "I have not used my magic in such a long time, I am very rusty. I don't want to push my luck."
The man thought for a short while and said, "I want a bridge from here to Hawaii, so I can go anytime I want."
The genie said, "Why not just an endless supply of plane tickets instead?"
The man stated, "I don't fly. It makes me very sick."
The genie then said, "A bridge to Hawaii is an awful lot to ask for at this time. Is there something else I can do for you, answer a question that has plagued you your entire life?"
The man thought for a moment, "I have always wanted to understand the way women think."
The genie thought for a moment, then responded, "That bridge, should it be four lanes or six?"

Answer 4

"intelligence" is too vague a term to be useful. Perhaps you mean IQ?

The IQ test has been written so that it doesn't show favoritism to either sex, so suprise surprise, the average male and female rate the same.

The different genders have stereotypical strengths, some based on physiology, some based on culture.

Women on average are better at socialised skills and communication, mostly because most of the most recent 30000 years were spent having and caring children and gathering vegies.

Men on average are better with eye/hand coordination, useful for hunting and bringing in the protein.

So, what attribute are you trying to measure?

Answer 5

People vary.

There's much greater variation within the two sexes than there is between the sexes.

This applies to intelligence and communication.

Answer 6

Men are more likely to be on the extreme ends of the iq scale (more likely a male will be extremely smart or extremely dumb). Generally men are better at spacial tasks and women are better at verbal tasks. There's lots of nuances, of course, and also there are limitations to intelligence tests in general.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_and_intelligence

Answer 7

Sadly females have the higher intelligence.
They are actually worse though at conveying feelings, as it much easier to hurt womens feelings.

Answer 8

I don't think gender has to deal with "who's smarter." You could have two people; one man and one woman, with identical IQs.

The difference you will find is that their gender may influence only HOW something is answered.

Answer 9

I have done research with this, but it is always biased, one says guy's, one say's girls, so on and so on. Either way, what does it matter? Should'nt we focus on our similarities rather than our differences?

Answer 10

You have smart and dumb males and females. Who actually can come up with accurate stats?