We saw that gay guys get lower math grades than their straight counterparts. Math is a good example of a "male" subject. Let's look at a "female" course--English--and see how homosexuals perform.
Mean English grade
Straight males 2.64
Gay males 2.53
Straight females 3.03*
Lesbians 2.90*
*significantly higher than straight males
While straight females and lesbians perform better than straight guys, homosexual males do not. This pattern suggests that gay guys do not have a female academic profile. Gay teens tend to be worse students in general for some reason. Lesbians, by contrast, are similar to their straight counterparts on both math and English.
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Is it possible to get the variance on these numbers? My guess is that the lower average is coming from a smaller right tail of academic super achievers. A lot of males who are intelligent, but socially ackward try really hard in school because they no it's their route to getting a decent woman. Gay guys don't have to worry about this.
ReplyDeleteThis is not what I would have expected. Do you know how the various groups do on wordsum?
ReplyDeleteDR,
ReplyDeleteMy experience has been that gay men tend to care more about grades than straight men. However, I would not be comfortable generalizing about this.
Thanks, Ron.
ReplyDeleteThis is what I expected. A gay kid in high school has a lot to think about other than grades. He is still different, still knows he is different, and like the average young person, surely isn't happy about being different.
Grades in most high schools these days are more an indicator of things like handing in classwork and homework than they are measure of performance on things like tests. Teachers in English are especially subjective.
Thus, can you find a test of some sort that measure verbal skills?
To Underachiever--
Some bright gay kids get really involved in activities like student government. It seems to act as a surrogate for dating and an alternative to other activities like sports. These kids are visible, perhaps giving a false impression of the average gay kid.
Male homosexuality definitely is linked with superior academic performance in both high school and college, while the opposite applies to female homosexuality.
ReplyDeleteSome supporting evidence:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265183230_SEXUAL_ORIENTATION_GENDER_ADOLESCENT_INVOLVEMENT_IN_DELINQUENCY
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0276562415000256
You sure have a talent to find outlier data on homosexuality correlates.