biological-differences
Original: biological-differences on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man with red/orange hair: So, you don't think there are ANY inherent biological differences between men and women?
Woman with dark hair: Of course not.
Panel 2:
Woman: What I think is that, when measured, most of the differences are small, and some disappear under cross cultural analysis, and to the extent there are differences they tend to be within a single standard deviation, which means they're not much use for understanding individuals.
Panel 3:
Woman: The areas where men and women differ strongly tend to not matter much in the modern world. For instance, an average man is about two standard deviations better than an average woman at throwing a rock.
Panel 4:
Man: Well yeah, that requires vector calculation.
Panel 5:
Woman: I think you're constructing the narrative you want to believe.
Man (hand on chin, thoughtful): They were probably throwing math books to each other
Votey:
Handwritten text above a drawing of a bearded man's face with both hands held up flashing peace/victory signs: C'monnnn hatemail
Man with red/orange hair: So, you don't think there are ANY inherent biological differences between men and women?
Woman with dark hair: Of course not.
Panel 2:
Woman: What I think is that, when measured, most of the differences are small, and some disappear under cross cultural analysis, and to the extent there are differences they tend to be within a single standard deviation, which means they're not much use for understanding individuals.
Panel 3:
Woman: The areas where men and women differ strongly tend to not matter much in the modern world. For instance, an average man is about two standard deviations better than an average woman at throwing a rock.
Panel 4:
Man: Well yeah, that requires vector calculation.
Panel 5:
Woman: I think you're constructing the narrative you want to believe.
Man (hand on chin, thoughtful): They were probably throwing math books to each other
Votey:
Handwritten text above a drawing of a bearded man's face with both hands held up flashing peace/victory signs: C'monnnn hatemail
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. A red-haired man and a dark-haired woman debate biological differences between the sexes. Panel 1: The man asks whether she really thinks there are NO inherent biological differences between men and women; she replies 'Of course not.' Panel 2: She explains that when measured, most differences are small, some disappear under cross-cultural analysis, and those that exist tend to fall within a single standard deviation, making them not much use for understanding individuals. Panel 3: She adds that the areas where the sexes differ strongly rarely matter in the modern world, giving the example that an average man is about two standard deviations better than an average woman at throwing a rock. Panel 4: The man earnestly responds, 'Well yeah, that requires vector calculation.' Panel 5: The woman says he's constructing the narrative he wants to believe, while the man, hand on chin, muses, 'They were probably throwing math books to each other' — still trying to reframe rock-throwing as a math skill. Votey: A roughly hand-drawn bearded man's face holding up both hands in peace signs, with the caption 'C'monnnn hatemail,' inviting angry responses.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.