I haven't been able to shake the feeling I got when my daughter said "I think men are smarter than

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60. To be honest,

I am shocked to read the age of your daughter! I am also very concerned about some of the responses here!

Something that I am quite interested in is Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences, and the view that intelligence is not a singular talent, but rather can be subdivided into separate categories. She might want to read about that.

In stark contrast to that view, the Binet IQ test, which I am assuming has been referenced multiple times within this very thread, measures a much more singular quality, and has been criticized as being biased based on gender, culture, and socioeconomic status. Plus, I highly doubt the numbers of females versus males having the teat administered to them have been comparable over the course of the past hundred years.

Is it that your daughter truly believes that all men, on average, are smarter than women, or are the men she interacts with at work in positions of greater power and influence with greater frequency? Perhaps networking with other female professionals might do some good.

Plus, high heeled shoes are marketed to females starting when they're little girls. A lot of them eventually succumb to the pressure of wearing uncomfortable shoes and clothing because they tend to be treated better because they wear them. That doesn't make females unintelligent - it's a reflection of our culture.