Arf
Its a well documented fact (and one even uber fem germaine herself agrees to) that men have advantages in some areas, such as co-ordination for hitting a moving target. On *average* (with many exceptions) men will hit a moving target X many times, whereas on *average* women will hit it X minus 20% times. This is, of course, a two way door - men also have disadvantages in some areas where women have advantages. This isnt a sexist view, its documented medical fact. However, what I believe is wrong is the assumption that these differences are down to male vs female, full stop.. What is more likely is they are the by product of generation on generation on generation of function.

Men were historically the hunter / gatherers - thus evolved the awesome (yet relatively useless nowerdays) skill of being able to hit a moving target with relative accuracy. Its said that, as example, women have a better sense of understanding with children (again, an average generalisation example, before the feminist nazis come out) - likely evolved from the female role in our historical society, given the history.

Im pretty sure if historically the roles were reversed things would be somewhat different. Imagine sometime back in cave dwelling era that the woman had gone out as hunter gatherer instead of kicking the man out of the relative warmth of the cave, into the harsh cold of the ice age to find food - id bet that women would be able to hit that moving target with much higher accuracy than men nowerdays. And blokes would be pretty shit hot at what we consider womany-things. Same grey matter, just evolved in different ways. It could evolve the other way if given enough time.

That being said, the woman leaving the cave would never EVER happen, even if we had a magic time machine to go and try it all over again. As any man who has lived long term with his female partner knows - in winter he always has to run out in the cold to put the bins out. He has to do the 4am dash to the garage, in a freezing cold car, to get the *insert relatively unimportant item name here*. He has to go walk the dog/let the cat in or out. He has to go get the milk from the cold doorstep in nothing but his dressing gown, an icy draught causing shrinkage. Non compliance can result in anything from harsh stares to stroppy behaviour and in extremes, lack of nob action.

so there you go b3ta wenches, its your own damn fault you cant hit moving targets - that same instinct that makes you want to stay in the warmth inside while us blokes do the cold/outsidey chores is to blame. You may smirk at the time that you have the upper hand, but in the long run you are impeding your side of the race. Deep down, blokes know this but give the token moaning to keep up the illusion. We can also kick arse on the little duck shooting games at the fair.

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(shamen Geekius Maximus, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 5:51, Reply)