Debunking the Myth: Men Are Not Stupid

Among adults, males have slightly ... three abilities are combined to form general intelligence, the mean for males is 4 IQ points higher than the mean for females....

The thesis that among adults males have a higher mean IQ than females and perform better at university is examined for Ireland. Evidence is presented from the Irish standardisation sample of the Differential Aptitude Test that among 17–18 ...

Reliable and meaningful sex differences exist in specific cognitive abilities despite no reliable or meaningful sex difference in general intelligence…

Recent studies conclude that men on average have higher intelligence than women by 3-5 IQ points. However, the ultimate evolutionary question of why men should have evolved to have higher intelligence than women remains.

Steve Blinkhorncriticizes our study of samples of university students, in which we found that the average IQ of men is 4.6 points higher than that of women, as measured by the Progressive (or Raven's) Matrices.

Steve Blinkhorn1criticizes our study2 of samples of university students, in which we found that the average IQ of men is 4.6 points higher than that of women, as measured by the Progressive (or Raven's) Matrices.

Despite evidence from cognitive psychology that men and women are equal in measured intelligence, gender differences in self-estimated intelligence (SEI) are widely reported with males providing systematically higher estimates than females. This has been termed the male hubris, female humility ...

Hunt argues that while there are predispositions that might lead to sex/gender cognitive trends, these are not definitive; social contexts and personal learning experiences can significantly modulate these predispositions. Therefore, our understanding of intelligence must appreciate the nuances in cognitive strengths and limitations across sexes, emphasizing that the question of whether men are more intelligent than women is not just unanswerable—it is the wrong question to ask. Our research thus extends the existing theories by providing empirical support from a nonverbal testing framework, which is less studied in the literature but critical for understanding cognitive abilities devoid of linguistic processing influences.

It was also revealed that verbal intelligence is perceived as more feminine than masculine as the feminine targets were rated more verbally, than mathematically, intelligent whereas the opposite was true for masculine vignettes. For future research, however, it seems advisable to separate the ...