<p>Because they’re less intelligent. The scores speak for themselves.</p>
<p>I noticed my D2 was reluctant to guess even when she could narrow down the answers. I think boys are more likely to just take a stab at it when girls may not want to answer if they are not sure.</p>
<p>Didn’t hurt her too much in the end – 2380 superscore, 800 Math II & 800 Lit. But I did notice this pattern in her practice tests.</p>
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<p>Seeing as there is no physical advantage to being male while driving, why aren’t there more women at the highest level at racing?</p>
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<p>You most definitely can. Men are taller than women ON AVERAGE. Men are stronger than women ON AVERAGE. Men are better drivers than women ON AVERAGE. Men perform better on standardized tests than women ON AVERAGE.</p>
<p>*Even if boys score better than girls on standardized tests, they get lower grades</p>
<p>Boys score as well as or better than girls on most standardized tests, yet they are far less likely to get good grades, take advanced classes or attend college. Why? A study coming out this week in The Journal of Human Resources gives an important answer. Teachers of classes as early as kindergarten factor good behavior into grades and girls, as a rule, comport themselves far better than boys.</p>
<p>The studys authors analyzed data from more than 5,800 students from kindergarten through fifth grade and found that boys across all racial groups and in all major subject areas received lower grades than their test scores would have predicted.</p>
<p>The scholars attributed this misalignment to differences in noncognitive skills: attentiveness, persistence, eagerness to learn, the ability to sit still and work independently. As most parents know, girls tend to develop these skills earlier and more naturally than boys.*</p>
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<p>Meh I’ll take the men on. I’ve driven for 40 min with my son who has highfunctioning autism melting down in the far back seat, his brother trying to squim out of his carseat next to him and my infant screaming at the top of his lungs right behind my seat. We all got home safe and sound. This is a feat their father cannot fathom nor handle so I’m good.</p>
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<p>Stop being so simple minded. It’s part of the culture- how many people take women race car drivers seriously? How many girls, in comparison to boys, are encouraged to get into professional sports in general? There are so many reasons why women don’t go into race car driving, their inability to do well not being one of them.</p>
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<p>And how many times in a conversation, when saying “men are better drivers than women”, “men are smarter than women” said with the phrase “on average” tacked on the end?</p>
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<p>[Male</a> and Female Driving Statistics | Statistic Brain](<a href=“http://www.statisticbrain.com/male-and-female-driving-statistics/]Male”>Male and Female Driving Statistics - Statistic Brain) </p>
<p>Nope… that just isn’t the case. Men are worse drivers on every single one of these measures.</p>
<p>Well women can’t park: [Driving</a> tests: It’s official… women CAN’T park the car - and men are much better at reversing | Mail Online](<a href=“Driving tests: It's official... women CAN'T park the car - and men are much better at reversing | Daily Mail Online”>Driving tests: It's official... women CAN'T park the car - and men are much better at reversing | Daily Mail Online)</p>
<p>And the “on average” is implied.</p>
<p>Yup, because all this time you were saying that that men are better parkers than women.</p>
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<p>It’s really not.</p>
<p>To be fair, men drive way more than women, so those statistics are skewed. How much, I don’t know.</p>
<p>Yeah… cuz race car driving and parking make up the majority of driving skills. Stop spinning your completely incorrect statement. Go play in traffic… but for your sake I hope it is where women are driving, not men!</p>
<p>Actually just found a study that says women are in crashes more often per miles driven lol.</p>
<p>5.1 crashes per million miles driven for men and 5.7 crashes per million miles driven for women.</p>
<p>Men also drive 74% more miles than women per year.</p>
<p>I guess it depends on your definition of what better driving is.</p>
<p>@repede, good luck getting a girlfriend with that attitude</p>
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<p>Repede is too funny.</p>
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<p>The SAT and school grading systems don’t measure and aren’t intended to measure intelligence. You can’t say guys are more intelligent on average just because they do better on the SAT, and you can’t say girls are more intelligent on average just because they get better grades.</p>
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<p>Teachers might be unconsciously biased against boys when they grade their written assignments because boys are more likely to have bad/illegible handwriting, and the disruptive students in the class are more likely to be boys. People always say “girls mature faster than boys,” and I’m not sure how true that is, but it might have something to do with it.</p>
<p>Guys just perform better when under timed pressure is the only explanation.</p>
<p>At my school the girls in my AP classes are not always not finishing the test in time and get extended time. Not like its bad as girls on average do better at my school whereas guys just finish the test and forget about it (like me). </p>
<p>So for example I finish my test during class and get a 94 let’s say and some smart girl takes extra time to secure 100 but would have done worse when under timed pressure.</p>
<p>In a few years, even implying that men are better at things will seem really politically incorrect. But for now, we can diligently wait for Repede’s next short but obstinate response. gg</p>
<p>Why are people getting so up in arms? So what if guys get higher SAT scores on average? So what if they’re generally better drivers? </p>
<p>We all know women are generally smarter in the long run. ;)</p>
<p>To say men and women don’t have things that they can do better than the other (on average) would be scientifically incorrect. </p>
<p>Not only are women and men built differently physically, but they also think differently mentally (if you’re talking about the general population, sure there are individuals on each side that may or may not be better/worse). There are things women (on average) will beat guys in a competition on; furthermore, there are also things that men (on average) would win in against women. To say we are all equal would be incorrect. </p>
<p>Women are better at some things and men are better at some things. You can’t deny it, you can’t do anything about it, and it is what it is. </p>
<p>(also driving is most likely not one of those things, and I could care less who drives better; if all the factors (experience, type car, amount of miles drive, and… It would probably be close to even)</p>
<p>“We are all equal” doesn’t mean and never has meant “we all have equal abilities.”
I’m fine with the idea that women/men are better on average at certain things than men/women. I just don’t want to see any individuals pushed away from certain pursuits because their sex on average is worse at that pursuit than the other sex. </p>
<p>And men and women having different strengths (on average, as always) doesn’t mean that the SAT can’t be biased against girls, or that the way high school is structured can’t be biased against boys.</p>