RE: Psychology Addict # 55 | The Role Biology Plays in Defining Who We Are - A Critical Discussion.

To add further complexity to this matter, there are studies out there which demonstrated that pre-natal exposure to sex hormones continue to influence brain development in ways that generate ‘typical’ gender differences between boys and girls throughout adolescence. Namely, disparity in visuospatial and language skills 14 as well as types of psychological difficulties; with girls being at a greater risk of developing mood related conditions such as depression, anxiety and also eating disorders 15, 16 while boys are more susceptible to develop conduct disorders and ADHD 17.

I attend talks on diversity (as a member of national selection committees in France) and there are definitely weird studies going into that direction. Take a given geometry test where a complex picture of intricate geometrical shapes has to be reproduced. Give the exercise it to high school boys and girls as a geometry test. Boys do generally better than girls. Take the same test but give it as a drawing test. Girls do generally better than boys. And there are many more examples (but this one is the one that marked me most).

All of this to emphasise that there are differences between boys and girls, or male and female. I hope I won’t be burned for having said that (note that I only said what I wrote and did not understand anything).

PS: Next week is HF21… we should just continue to do what we usually do :)