Anne - Thanks for participating, please keep in mind that being hostile to or dismissive of science isn't okay in this tribe, though being critical and/or discussing biases and bad science is (but then it's important to explain what your criticism is or reservations are otherwise it comes across as a general hostility to science and the scientific method). This may not be your intent, but putting "science" in quotations marks is making you look like you have an anti-science bias that isn't appropriate to this tribe. As does the rest of that sentence (along with revealing that you don't really follow neuro or cognitive science). This tribe is intended to be a refuge from the constant trolling of science tribes on tribe - please respect that. It's certainly okay if you're not an expert or this is a new area of interest to you but troll-like anti-science behavior where you're just being disparaging towards science from a place of ignorance isn't. It's certainly okay not to know things - we're all here to share and learn new things, as well as toss our own ideas around and have some fun - but the idea here is to share our knowledge and ideas with respect for the scientific method and an interest in neuro and cognitive science. I was very clear about this with you before you joined, please be respectful and true to your word.

It's also important to keep things in context. The person who wrote the article was really creating a narrative around how this research came about and explaining it in laymans terms. It's a good article when taken within that context - though you are, of course, free to disagree and explain what exactly you find problematic about it and what your own thoughts are about the study that differ. One reason why I posted it is it gives an insight into how having more women in science - bringing female culture into the lab - influences science. What seems obvious to you may not be as obvious as you believe it to be - for instance, someone can have a penis and a female brain, or a vagina and a male brain. Things are not as black and white as they often seem to the lay person. The reason I called this thread "female culture and girl brains" is that culture isn't the same as neurobiology, though nature and nurture are intertwined. You are quite welcome to share your own theories here but please base them in science rather than simply making negative and anti-science commentary. You're also welcome to share your subjective beliefs or observations but don't expect them to be accepted as more than a subjective perspective. And, as I warned you when you joined, I really don't have much patience for people who join this tribe and agree to respect it's basic premise and then start doing things like putting the word science into quotation marks. If you want to play that game, there are other science tribes that allow for it.