A LanguageLog post on "The Female Brain", new edition.

[conuly]

What really struck me is the quote from the book...:

"Thoughts about sex enter a woman’s brain perhaps once a day, but in a man every time he sees an attractive woman."

Really?

Let's have a quick, informal poll....

[Poll #961483]

Please... be honest. Remember, this is for posterity.

Comments

[gingembre.livejournal.com]

Next the author will tell us that all women are more emotional, less logical, talk a lot and are bad at math.

WOW, you've been reading ahead in the book I see!

...

It boggles the mind, truly.

[marveen.livejournal.com]

Yeaaaah, just ask the kids I went to school with. I'm the one who always "ruins the curve" and otherwise provides a spike or anomaly in the smooth sweeps of statistical averages.