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* https://archive.is/fZmVv
https://heterodoxacademy.org/the-greater-male-variability-hypothesis/
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886913003036
* [https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/about/qsa_stats_distribute_opfp_2009.pdf OP distribution by gender]
* https://independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/dr-paul-irwing-there-are-twice-as-many-men-as-women-with-an-iq-of-120-plus-426321.html
* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3612964/
* https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2021/12/28/men-are-more-likely-to-behave-in-an-all-or-nothing-way-according-to-new-psychological-research/
* https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0092656612001730
* https://neurosciencenews.com/extreme-decisions-males-18535/
* https://www.skeptic.com/reading_room/from-sex-to-gender-modern-dismissal-of-biology/
** https://archive.is/jfXz3
*https://avoiceformen.com/featured/men-are-exceptional-2/
* https://www.nature.com/articles/nature04966
** https://archive.is/uglXU
*https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/cambridge-handbook-of-the-international-psychology-of-women/sex-gender-and-intelligence/162037156813E98AE48EF68DB5FA184B
**https://archive.is/wip/pd29m
** "no genetic evidence"
*https://www.docdroid.net/JmkLaFI/jintell201504005-pdf
**https://archive.is/wip/OwS1g

Often claimed to have been discredited.

Absolutely proven in certain areas: height weight, hand size.

Compelling evidence for personality.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3612964/

Very strong evidence for IQ, and this is true regardless of what IQ means.

Opponents are free claim it isn't true in a particular area, and in some cases this is likely true. Robert Brockway mentioned the possibility of counter-examples in this original article.

Male variability doesn't claim to be universally true just generally true.

[[Robert Brockway]] postulates that counter-examples exist and that, in particular, female sexual response is a counter-example. Women, on average, take longer to achieve orgasm than men, but more importantly there facility to orgasm varies significantly more. A man with a widely variant sexual response may ejaculate less frequently. This would be a negative selective pressure which would favour men with a more conventional sexual response. Thus natural selection keeps the male sexual response within narrow bounds, overcoming male variability. In contrast female sexual response is able to vary widely.

== See Also ==

*[[Intelligence]]
*[[Parental investment theory]]

{{Male Variability}}

[[Category: Sex Differences]]
[[Category: Personality]]

Revision as of 00:18, 24 April 2025

Often claimed to have been discredited.

Absolutely proven in certain areas: height weight, hand size.

Compelling evidence for personality.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3612964/

Very strong evidence for IQ, and this is true regardless of what IQ means.

Opponents are free claim it isn't true in a particular area, and in some cases this is likely true. Robert Brockway mentioned the possibility of counter-examples in this original article.

Male variability doesn't claim to be universally true just generally true.

Robert Brockway postulates that counter-examples exist and that, in particular, female sexual response is a counter-example. Women, on average, take longer to achieve orgasm than men, but more importantly there facility to orgasm varies significantly more. A man with a widely variant sexual response may ejaculate less frequently. This would be a negative selective pressure which would favour men with a more conventional sexual response. Thus natural selection keeps the male sexual response within narrow bounds, overcoming male variability. In contrast female sexual response is able to vary widely.

See Also