> But “different” doesn’t necessarily imply “better.” As I stressed in the second edition of my book Why Gender Matters, apples and oranges are different. That doesn’t mean apples are better than oranges. Men and women are turning out to be different, more different than we may have imagined. That doesn’t mean that women are better than men, or vice versa. But it does suggest that if we ignore the differences, we may disadvantage both women and men.
In my experience, men and women have different ways of approaching problems. Given all of the other things that go along for the ride in male vs female bodies, it's not at all surprising to me that brains would be different between the two genders as well.
Why is it such a problem to acknowledge difference? People are different from each other and have strengths and weaknesses that don't overlap. vive la différence!
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