There was this argument about who is more intelligent? Is there any relationship between gender and intelligence?

IMO I believe the female might Be more intelligent when it comes to relationship and the likes but when it comes to Academics the male wins all the time........
Here is a research to buttress my claim



It’s research that is guaranteed to delight men –
and make the women in their lives angry. A
controversial recent study has claimed that men are
more intelligent than women. The study – carried
out by a man – concluded that men’s IQs are
almost four points higher than women’s. British-
born researcher John Philippe Rushton, who
previously created a furore by suggesting
intelligence is influenced by race, says the finding
could explain why so few women make it to the top
in the workplace. He claims the ‘glass ceiling’
phenomenon is probably due to inferior
intelligence, rather than discrimination or lack of
opportunity. The University of Western Ontario
psychologist reached his conclusion after
scrutinising the results of university aptitude tests
taken by 100,000 students aged 17 and 18 of both
sexes.
A focus on factors such as the ability to quickly
grasp a complex concept, verbal reasoning skills
and creativity – some of they key ingredients of
intelligence – revealed the male teenagers had IQs
that were an average of 3.63 points higher. The
average person has an IQ of around 100. The
findings, which held true for all classes and levels
of parental education, overturn a 100 year
consensus that men and women average the same
in general mental ability. They also conflict with
evidence that girls do better in school exams than
boys. But Prof Rushton, who was born in
Bournemouth and obtained his doctorate in social
psychology from the London School of Economics,
argues that the faster maturing of girls leads to
them outshining boys in the classroom.
And since almost all previous data showing an
absence of difference between the sexes was
gathered on schoolchildren, the gender difference
could easily have been missed. “It looks like up
until late adolescence, the females have the
advantage over males because they mature faster,
which masks the underlying difference”, he said.
Although experts have accepted that men and
women differ mentally, with males averaging
higher on tests of ‘spatial ability’ and females
higher on verbal tests, it was assumed the
differences averaged out, leaving no difference in
overall intelligence. Prof Rushton believes the
differences are directly linked to brain size, with
other studies showing men having slightly bigger
brains than women. “We know that men have
larger brains, even when you take into account
larger body size,” said the researcher.
He adds, “That means there are more neurons. The
question is what these neurons are doing in a man
– and they probably have an advantage in
processing information.” It is thought the
difference may date back to the Stone Age, with
women seeking out men who are more intelligent
than them in a bid to pass on the best genes to their
children. “Some people have suggested it evolved
because women prefer men who are more
intelligent than they are for husbands. Just as they
prefer men who are taller than them, they also
prefer a male who is a little ahead of them in IQ,”
said the professor. Critics claim Prof Rushton’s
results could have been skewed by the inclusion of
more test results from females than males. His work
appears to confirm British research which showed
men have bigger brains and higher IQs than
women, which may explain why chess
grandmasters and geniuses are more likely to be
male.
The analyses of more than 20,000 verbal reasoning
tests taken by university students from around the
world revealed that women’s IQs are up to five
points lower than men’s. Women needn’t feel
depressed, however, as the scientists believe women
can achieve just as much as men – as long as they
work harder.

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