Blank Slate, The cover
Blank Slate, The
by Steven Pinker, Victor Bevine, Roc Filella Escolà, ʻImanuʾel Loṭem
Description: The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker, Victor Bevine, Roc Filella Escolà, and ʻImanuʾel Loṭem examines the concept of human nature and challenges the idea that the mind begins as a blank state without innate traits
ISBN: 1501264338
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BurningFrog · 2015-10-24 · Original thread
There are definitely differences in both generic mental abilities and what fields interest people between the sexes. From an evolutionary biology perspective, it would be really weird if there weren't.

To be clear, men and women are equally mentally gifted as a whole, but focused on different skills, and with bigger variance in men.

Pinker's "Blank Slate" lays out the case well: http://www.amazon.com/The-Blank-Slate-Modern-Denial/dp/15012...