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Re: Interacting with women can impair men's cognitive functioning

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Post by istjohn »

First sentence:

Some time ago, one of the male authors was chatting with a very attractive girl he had not met before. While he was anxious to make a good impression, when she asked him where he lived, he suddenly could not remember his street address.

It's interesting that women aren't similarly affected by mixed-sex interactions. Coed education disadvantages men?

Re: Interacting with women can impair men's cognitive functioning

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Post by blacksmythe »

istjohn wrote: post #3

First sentence: Some time ago, one of the male authors was chatting with a very attractive girl he had not met before. While he was anxious to make a good impression, when she asked him where he lived, he suddenly could not remember his street address. It's interesting that women aren't similarly affected by mixed-sex interactions. Coed education disadvantages men?

  >> Coed education disadvantages men?
There is some evidence that coed education can be detrimental to both men and women. http://www.singlesexschools.org/research-singlesexvscoed.htm

It has been suggested that some women fall behind in math in high school due to a desire to not appear too smart.

Re: Interacting with women can impair men's cognitive functioning

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Post by petercooper »

istjohn wrote: post #3

First sentence: Some time ago, one of the male authors was chatting with a very attractive girl he had not met before. While he was anxious to make a good impression, when she asked him where he lived, he suddenly could not remember his street address. It's interesting that women aren't similarly affected by mixed-sex interactions. Coed education disadvantages men?

It's a long-running hot potato in education. The studies seem to swing all over the place (as do the attitudes of schools willing to "experiment" with the topic). A high level hop around the subject: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/jun/25/schools.gender2

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Post by jordanb »

istjohn wrote: post #3

First sentence: Some time ago, one of the male authors was chatting with a very attractive girl he had not met before. While he was anxious to make a good impression, when she asked him where he lived, he suddenly could not remember his street address. It's interesting that women aren't similarly affected by mixed-sex interactions. Coed education disadvantages men?

Aren't they? I've seen plenty of women get tongue tied around men they're attracted to.

It's likely a matter of it being socially acceptable for a woman to smile nervously and stare at the floor during courtship, so losing one's cool is a problem from a man's perspective, but is all part of the experience from a woman's.

Re: Interacting with women can impair men's cognitive functioning

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Post by istjohn »

jordanb wrote: post #7
istjohn wrote: post #3

First sentence: Some time ago, one of the male authors was chatting with a very attractive girl he had not met before. While he was anxious to make a good impression, when she asked him where he lived, he suddenly could not remember his street address. It's interesting that women aren't similarly affected by mixed-sex interactions. Coed education disadvantages men?

Aren't they? I've seen plenty of women get tongue tied around men they're attracted to. It's likely a matter of it being socially acceptable for a woman to smile nervously and stare at the floor during courtship, so losing one's cool is a problem from a man's perspective, but is all part of the experience from a woman's.

Not according to the study.
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