Results tagged “genderwars” from 60 Second Science
Joey Seiler on February 4, 2008 2:37 PM
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My girlfriend plays video games--it's awesome. She likes to joke that somewhere inside of her is trapped the mind of a 16-year-old boy, just trying to express himself (video games, jamming on the drums, wearing awesome pageboy hats, gender studies)--it can be weird. Guess what, honey? Things just got more awkward.
A Stanford study has shown that video games activate the reward zone in men's brains more intensely than in women's, which I suppose means I'm more likely to get cancer, but learn a lot more about physics. So... it's a wash?
Continue reading 'It's official: Guys like video games (and territory) more than girls' >
Ted Alvarez on January 25, 2008 1:41 PM
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Though the tide may be changing, in science it's still often a man's, man's, man's world, and the glass ceiling is made of ultra-hard, bulletproof, Collector-grade lucite.
But double blind-peer review could be a solution: In 2001, the journal Behavioral Ecology instituted double-blind peer review, and significantly more papers by women were accepted. Other environmental journals tracked over the same period that didn't institute a double-blind peer review system didn't experience an increase in the number of accepted papers by women.
Continue reading 'No duh dept.: Scientists are sexist' >
Ted Alvarez on January 9, 2008 3:46 PM
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OK, this is something you probably shouldn't bring up over the dinner table with your wife/girlfriend/boyfriend, unless you want a throwdown: A recent study claims that women and gay men are more likely to be worse drivers. Psychologists at Queen Mary, University of London found that both women and gay men perform poorly on tests involving spatial relationships and navigation when compared to heterosexual men.
According to the study, these same women and gay men tend to rely on landmarks to get around, making them less competent at driving in unfamiliar environments.
Do you hear that dripping sound? It's the sound of marriage counselors and cheap stand-up comedians drooling as their stocks go up.
Continue reading 'Study says women, gay men worse drivers than straight men; lazy stand-up comedians vindicated' >
