tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post3416612817958056288..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: Boys Will Be....Mungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-46375200504210552712013-02-09T16:50:02.571-05:002013-02-09T16:50:02.571-05:00Bear with me; I'll get back to the post furthe...Bear with me; I'll get back to the post further below. <br /><br />I have a provocative and non-PC idea I've been mulling over.<br /><br />I'm beginning to wonder if ADHD just sets in earlier in boys. Specifically, does it hit women in adulthood?<br /><br />My motivation for this is the common complaint of adult women that they're overworked and overwhelmed, contrasted with the time-use studies that show that this really isn't so. Yes, women do work (broadly defined) a bit more, but I suspect that most of this is single mothers producing a skewed distribution when combined with the majority who actually work less than men.<br /><br />Yet, many of them feel overworked and overwhelmed, and that perception is worth taking seriously. <br /><br />One explanation is gender-dependent adult onset ADHD. <br /><br />One symptom of that would be otherwise "high scoring" women who can't get the pay they might deserve. Perhaps this is because bosses value intellectual comportment that many men seem to master only in their late 20's and that girls excelled at when they were young ... and then lost.Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-15699439417217142032013-02-06T20:57:27.791-05:002013-02-06T20:57:27.791-05:00And what was the gender of the teachers?And what was the gender of the teachers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com