platzer@utcsrgv.UUCP (Andrew Platzer) (07/02/84)
<>
After all the debate about whether genetic differences account for the
differences in abilities between men and women, just what do people think
should be done with possible results from such research?
i.e. If it is somehow determined (I haven't a clue how.) that men generally
have poorer verbal communication skills than women due to genetic differences,
what should be done with about the results?
In general, I feel that the obvious reaction would be that extra effort would
have to made in our educational program to account for such differences, in
that the students would get extra help in the areas where it is likely they
would have difficulty. The converse to this, of course, is that the programs
would attempt to take advantage of these differences in order to get the
highest possible achievements in the areas of greatest ability. Personally,
I believe that in order to keep society at least a little bit cohesive, it is
inadvisable to accentuate any difference in abilities that may (or may not)
exist. Also, the other danger is that exceptions to the genetic rule (well
more accurately genetic suggestion) would feel awkward about abilities that
their peers would associate with the opposite sex.
Tom West
{allegra,cornell,decvax,ihnp4,linus,utzoo}!utcsrgv!platzer