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Originally posted by Dock6
Intelligence is inherent, not 'learned'.
Originally posted by justamomma
Men and women both excel in their particular natural role.. but if no one has noticed, because women are so damned set on proving they are equal in EVERY way to the men, there have been serious consequences... trust me, I know.
The argument of "who is the more intelligent" is not even an issue with me. I am damn good at being a woman and I can appreciate a man that is a good provider and protector.
Originally posted by LogicalSolutionFatherless children frequently grow up to become criminals, and other behavorial problems. Lack of discipline, no fatherly figure, whatever the cause or reason, it's a true statistic.
Originally posted by skeptic1
You made the point that women need men to pass on the women's DNA. I just pointed out that the actual man isn't needed for the situation you presented.
Originally posted by Ghost147
This is a question from the ignorant (aka me). Because of the past hundreds upon hundreds of years of neglect and abuse of women, forcing them into a state in which not to think freely, and a position in which they were (and sometimes still are) unable to attend schooling. Would this genetically make women less intelligent than men?
Originally posted by LogicalSolution
Originally posted by skeptic1
You made the point that women need men to pass on the women's DNA. I just pointed out that the actual man isn't needed for the situation you presented.
Well obviously he is needed, where is the sperm going to come from, the grocery store?
-LS
Your brain, your nervous system, your entire body is constructed according to instructions received from the genes that you have inherited from your parents. It would seem reasonable that superior genes would provide a child with superior intelligence capacity. And in fact, researchers have discovered that parents with high IQ’s tend to have children with high IQ’s, while parents with low IQ’s tend to have children with low IQ’s.
Does that prove that intelligence is inherited, which implies that a person is a slave to his genes? The founders of the IQ industry certainly thought that this was the case. However, consider the fact that, unless a child does not learn to speak at all, the children of English parents speak English, the children of Spanish parents speak Spanish, and the children of French parents speak French. Surely the ability to speak a certain language is not inherited, but is dependent on the language that the child hears on a daily basis! In the same way, IQ and intelligence might be dependent on the child’s environment, and specifically the quality and quantity of education that he receives. Perhaps being raised in an intellectual home with intelligent parents tends to increase a child’s IQ.
Research on the role of the environment in children's intellectual development has demonstrated that a stimulating environment can dramatically increase IQ, whereas a deprived environment can lead to a decrease in IQ. A few such research studies are listed below. They confirm that IQ is all but a fixed quantity.
Originally posted by skeptic1My whole point was that now, women have the opportunities to show their intelligence whereas a few generations ago, they didn't.
Originally posted by skeptic1
The actual person, the physical man, is not needed to be physically there in order for your situation to take place.