Researchers at Abertay University and the University of New South Wales Canberra have concluded that boys are better at physics because they can "Fire for Effect" when peeing:Boys are better at Physics because they learn about “projection” while going to the toilet, researchers have claimed.Seriously?
From a young age, boys are taught about how to aim accurately so that they do not make a mess in the bathroom, and this gives them a better understanding of “projectile motion”, according to three academics.
Writing for Times Education Supplement (TES), Anna Wilson of Abertay University along with Kate Wilson and David Low of the University of New South Wales Canberra, explained their theory.
“Playful urination practices – from seeing how high you can pee to games such as Peeball (where men compete using their urine to destroy a ball placed in a urinal) – may give boys an advantage over girls when it comes to physics,” the academics wrote.
The researchers said they have examined gender differences in achievement on physics tests, and found that girls generally perform worse than boys, but with a more marked gap in specific topic areas.
“In particular, the largest gaps in performance between girls and boys arise in questions that involve projectile motion – things that have been thrown, kicked, fired, etc,” they said.
“On some projectile questions, we’ve seen only around one-third of girls answer correctly, compared to two-thirds of boys. This isn’t a trivial gap in performance, particularly when a diagnostic test may contain several questions on projectiles.”
The stupid, it burns ………
I will cop to having said this when in grad school, as a joke. I got a pillow thrown at me, which missed, which set us all laughing hysterically.
ReplyDeleteWe were, needless to say, stoned.