Re: Gender differences

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In article <801@landmark.iinet.net.au>, gil@landmark.iinet.net.au (Gil
Hardwick) wrote:

>
> In article <D8HBts.DE7@unx.sas.com>, Warren Sarle
(saswss@hotellng.unx.sas.com) writes:
> >|> In article <3ojlk6$aek@triton.unm.edu>, Bryant (mycol1@unm.edu) writes:
> >|> >Are humans considered sexually dimorphic in size. My subjective
> >|> >impression is that men are taller (not just more robust) than women. Is
> >|> >that generally accepted by anthropologists?
> >|>
> >|> No they are not, and no it is not. People come in all shapes and
> >|> sizes. For every tall woman an anthropologist will find you a short
> >|> man, and vice versa.

I don't need an anthropologist, book, nor even a measuring devise to
answer this. The difference within any given culture is obvious.

Reminds me of the US government giving UCSB psychologists a US$ million to
find out if movies influence behavior.

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J€ Goolsby, Cunning Linguist

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