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Author:  Maltese Mama [ Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:45 pm ]
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From MSN: http://now.msn.com/women-score-higher-on-iq-tests-for-first-time-ever


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For all the ladies out there who've always had a sneaky suspicion they are smarter than men, we have an affirming piece of news for you: Women's IQ scores have surpassed men for the first time in recorded history. Although females have traditionally lagged behind on IQ scores -- at times trailing the guys by five points -- the gap has been closing, and leading expert James Flynn says the new test challenges former beliefs about genetic differences. One theory is that juggling work and kids has made women better multi-taskers, thus raising IQ. Another theory is women have a slightly higher potential intelligence that is only now being realized due to modernity.

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More at The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/9401241/IQ-tests-women-score-higher-than-men.html
Author:  Rumpole [ Sun Jul 15, 2012 8:01 pm ]
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Must be the guys letting the women win?
Author:  Maltese Mama [ Sun Jul 15, 2012 8:17 pm ]
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No...I don't think that's it! :21
Author:  Rumpole [ Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:08 pm ]
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This was just mentioned on FOX (The Five)
So I did the research :9

It is a New Zealand Study!!

Women move ahead of men in IQ stakes

New Zealand women are winning the battle of the brains and achieving higher intelligence quotient (IQ) scores than men for the first time in 100 years, new research reveals.
The discovery was made by University of Otago political philosopher emeritus professor James Flynn, who was renowned for uncovering an overall increase in IQ results across both sexes.

The discovery in the 1980s - dubbed the Flynn Effect - showed that IQ scores in Western countries were higher than they would have been 50 or 100 years earlier.

Now he has found that women's IQ scores have risen faster than men's, but he is not sure why.

Prof Flynn compared IQ test results from the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Argentina, Estonia and countries in Western Europe.
In Australia, male and female IQs were found to be almost identical. In New Zealand, Estonia and Argentina, women scored marginally more than men. "As the world gets more complex and living in it demands more abstract thought, so people are adapting," Prof Flynn said.

"The full effect of modernity on women is only just emerging," he said.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news ... -IQ-stakes
Author:  Rumpole [ Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:09 pm ]
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Hmmm...... no mention of American Women's scores in the "Same as Men" or "Higher than men" categories?? :69
Author:  Rumpole [ Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:19 pm ]
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During the 1980s, then Prime Minister of New Zealand Robert Muldoon was asked about the increasing exodus of New Zealanders leaving the country to work in Australia. His comment was:

.... that by doing so, they were raising the average IQ of both countries
Author:  Maltese Mama [ Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:17 pm ]
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Rumpole wrote:
Hmmm...... no mention of American Women's scores in the "Same as Men" or "Higher than men" categories?? :69


Because it's a no brainer...of course American woman are smarter. :61




:26 :69
Author:  Rumpole [ Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:20 pm ]
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