Women’s Smarts Growing Faster Than Men’s

Trend4Here’s news that should help build women’s self confidence and increase women empowerment! Women are developing greater cognitive skills faster than men. According to a study published this week, the gap in cognitive gender differences is narrowing. Although the gap is unlikely to go away completely, the change reflects our cultural perceptions of men’s and women’s intelligence. Basically, women were lagging behind not for lack of ability – just a lack of opportunity.
As one of the study’s co-authors explained, the new findings agree with previous studies that show men tend to have a greater number skills while women tend to have better episodic memory, as well as intuitive and analytical thinking.
Everyone gets smarter when their living conditions improve, but women get smarter faster. It’s what we’ve always known – when women have equal access to opportunity, they soar!
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