Who is more intelligent or smarter — men or women?
Disclaimer: This answer is based on my observation as a kid till now, in an Indian context.Both are equally intelligent. While in school, girls used to seem more intelligent because of social stigma attached to girls. Girls ended up playing lesser than boys, making them interested in studies more than boys. Boys spent most of the time playing and breaking things may be. For example, I was always given dolls to play with. Dolls were boring. I would have liked a car more. So I ended up making those dolls my students and me the teacher. That is how I played with the dolls. But boys had more fun things to play with. They would break open the toy car, look at the parts and then receive scoldings from parents and then they would not feel like studying. While in college, boys seemed more interested in studying (making them seem more intelligent) than girls again because of social stigma. Boys had to score well so they can get a job at the very least. Most girls were there because they did not have a goal. Others were rich so they just wanted a degree. Others knew that their parents will marry them off and then they won't be allowed to work because that is the way in their community. So they wanted an engineering degree so that they will get an engineer husband who earns well. Only a few girls like me and a few other naturally gifted were really interested in studying. So the boys seemed more intelligent. I did not say they were. I said they seemed. This was about my years of learning. The most wise people I know now are JK Rowling, Opera Winfrey, Bob Proctor, Shah Rukh Khan, Anupam Kher, my boss (a lady), two Buddhist monks (one a lady who looks like from the US and other a gentlemen who looks like from Europe. There were other few Buddhist monks as well but they were ordinary. Not as intelligent as these two). So it is a really a tough competition. So I think both are equal.Although looking at the way women are suppressed and confined into the houses, and not allowed to be educated much, I have a feeling that there may be more women who are intelligent but are suppressed so much that they are not recognised at all. So I have a feeling that there are more intelligent girls. Thanks for the a2a.
Why do men tend to be more charming than women?
I know lots of men who I would consider charismatic. These are the guys who have a natural ability to get people to like them and do what they want. I’m thinking about all the women I currently know and have ever known. Exceedingly few qualify as “charismatic.” Actually, I can only think of three. One was a saleswoman I used to work with. She wasn’t that attractive. She was in her mid-40s, talked with a smoker’s voice but was able to get people to do whatever she wanted. The other is a woman who used to be my boss. She’s somewhat cute, about 30 years old, but a little skinny, almost frail. She had this way of delivering punch lines in the most deadpan, funny way I’ve seen in person. She could sit anyone down in front of them and make them do whatever she told them to do. Finally, the last is a friend of mine who is a stylist. She has tattoos up and down her arms, cusses like a sailor, but everyone loves her. She’s booked up full for the next three or four months, everyone from doctor’s wives and businesswomen to the bartender at the biker bar. And seriously, that’s it. I couldn't list all the charismatic guys I know. I’m not trying to sound misogynistic but why are women so lacking in this particular quality?