Are straight guys better at math than gay guys? Are lesbians better than hetero females? The Add Health Study asked teens what grade they earned in math last term. A's were assigned a 4, B's a 3, C's a 2, and D's or lower a 1. Here are the means:
Mean math score (sample size = 5,863)
Straight males 2.60
Gay males 2.30*
Straight females 2.75
Lesbians 2.67
*significantly lower than straight guys
While lesbians basically earn the same average math grade as heterosexuals, gay guys don't perform as well.
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I'd be much more interested in a different measure than high school grades since, at that age, gay males might be more alienated from the overall high school experience than straight males.
ReplyDeleteHowever, lacking something else for a comparison (like SAT math scores) do this...add to your comparison of math grades, a comparison of grades in science, history/government, and English.
I read once that IQ tests showed no significant difference between gay males and straight males but I couldn't tell you where I read that or if it was something to be trusted.
Isn't low testosterone correlated with high verbal abilities?
ReplyDeleteI remember reading research on one of the evo blogs that showed a difference in estrogen levels (or maybe some other female hormone, I forget) between gay and straight men. The difference wasn't much though. Testosterone I don't know about.
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