Are Men Truly Better Than Women?

Are men truly better than women? Well a study would show that at parking they are. Dr. Claudia Wolf conducted a study at the university where she works. Through Germany's Ruhr University, Dr. Wolf took five dozen men and women. She then placed them in identical cars, an Audi A6 sedan specifically, and told them to park the car. Some were told to parallel park, some to reverse, and some to park head on. They were then judged based on time and accuracy. The spaces in germany are a little bit smaller than the ones in the United States, but not very different. Dr. Wolf said that these results are not to be taken out of context. Her findings were only for a small sample size but they showed interesting results.

Her findings stated that in fact, men were better parkers than women. The women in the study took, on average, 20 seconds more to park their car, and were STILL less accurate than the men. Although the results can not be to generalized, these 60 women were intended to be representative of the gender.

Although I am not citing this article to state that men are better than women. I am bringing up because of the explanation that Dr. Wolf gave. She looked at the genetic difference between men and women. She said that men are better, for the most part, at tasks involving coordination and spacial awareness. This is similar to what Dr. Harris said. I personally just found it interesting that their are innate differences between genders and that these differences are out of our control to change (for the most part).

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