A source for those numbers would be a very good and interesting thing.
So, are women predisposed to their own genetic glass ceiling?
Are you saying that having a T function is an inherent advantage, career wise? What are you basing that on?
Also, as far as I'm concerned, the different MBTI function preferences aren't genetically determined. I would argue that traditional gender roles, still very much at large in our society, encourage women to develop their F function and men to develop their T function. *shrug*
I'd say there's a very positive genetic correlation with MBTI type.
I'm sure I read that types have genetic predisposition, bit like hair coloring type.
Both my parents tested INTJ and I'm INTJ.
How, could F be so more prevalent with women than men? If it was predetermined?
Me, I'd say in evolutionary biology terms F for women would be more likely to help them bond in a group situation and be more caring. I'd say T is more for the hunt and protecting against predators etc.
I'm sure I read that types have genetic predisposition, bit like hair coloring type.
Heh! I'd like to see the survey that could prove any such thing. Nature versus nurture in personality/psychology patterns - especially gender-based differences - are notoriously near-impossible to research.
Sociological studies have proven time and again that people interact differently with 24-hour-old babies depending on what gender they believe the baby to be. Essentially, we're exposed to a massive amount of gender expectations and gender sterotypes from birth.
I'd say in evolutionary biology terms F for women would be more likely to help them bond in a group situation and be more caring. I'd say T is more for the hunt and protecting against predators etc.The idea that in the Neolithic, women stayed at home and cared for the babies/the elderly (and maybe did a bit of berry picking on the side), and men went off hunting, is an ad hoc theory to explain our current gender roles. It has no foundation in any proven fact. Actually, the little
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So is anyone prepared to say why more males rate as T and more women as F?
You don't need to be a rocket scientist to see that boys and girls behave differently. If anyone saw a documentary on the huge problems that occurred when "deciding" physically gender non specific children it is clear that you cannot be assigned. It’s how you think, it’s who you are.
So is anyone prepared to say why more males rate as T and more women as F?
Unless you think that someone's administering the MBTI to infants in the neonatal ward (and even then it's not escapabale, as per lj user="lynkemma"'s comment), social factors could easily account for the size of that disparity.
So, are women predisposed to their own genetic glass ceiling?
Are you saying that having a T function is an inherent advantage, career wise? What are you basing that on?
Also, as far as I'm concerned, the different MBTI function preferences aren't genetically determined. I would argue that traditional gender roles, still very much at large in our society, encourage women to develop their F function and men to develop their T function. *shrug*
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I'd say there's a very positive genetic correlation with MBTI type.
I'm sure I read that types have genetic predisposition, bit like hair coloring type.
Both my parents tested INTJ and I'm INTJ.
How, could F be so more prevalent with women than men? If it was predetermined?
Me, I'd say in evolutionary biology terms F for women would be more likely to help them bond in a group situation and be more caring. I'd say T is more for the hunt and protecting against predators etc.
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Heh! I'd like to see the survey that could prove any such thing. Nature versus nurture in personality/psychology patterns - especially gender-based differences - are notoriously near-impossible to research.
Sociological studies have proven time and again that people interact differently with 24-hour-old babies depending on what gender they believe the baby to be. Essentially, we're exposed to a massive amount of gender expectations and gender sterotypes from birth.
I'd say in evolutionary biology terms F for women would be more likely to help them bond in a group situation and be more caring. I'd say T is more for the hunt and protecting against predators etc.The idea that in the Neolithic, women stayed at home and cared for the babies/the elderly (and maybe did a bit of berry picking on the side), and men went off hunting, is an ad hoc theory to explain our current gender roles. It has no foundation in any proven fact. Actually, the little ( ... )
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So is anyone prepared to say why more males rate as T and more women as F?
You don't need to be a rocket scientist to see that boys and girls behave differently. If anyone saw a documentary on the huge problems that occurred when "deciding" physically gender non specific children it is clear that you cannot be assigned. It’s how you think, it’s who you are.
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Unless you think that someone's administering the MBTI to infants in the neonatal ward (and even then it's not escapabale, as per lj user="lynkemma"'s comment), social factors could easily account for the size of that disparity.
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Then by all means, make like an NT who knows how to argue and produce your source material.
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Assuming a genetic mechanism, it could be just like baldness, where the T stuff is on the Y chromosome.
That said, If there's a real difference, it's probably natural, and based on hormonal exposure at various portions of life.
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