Two studies demonstrated that men’s (but not women’s) cognitive performance declined if they were led to believe that they were interacting with a member of the opposite sex via a computer or even if men merely anticipated a later interaction with a woman.
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factlets - Impaired Cognitive Performance Ughghghgh come on guys it’s not even men’s fault that they don’t work well with women! They can’t help it, it’s how their brains are wired! Give me a break. If men are programmed to treat every interaction with a woman as “a subtle form of exposure to a potential mate” rather than, you know, an interaction with a person, I’d like to see some proof that this is genetic and not a result of social cues. But also I don’t buy it, period. We should be more careful about who we call “researchers” and what we let them use the word “science” in reference to. |
