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There are several factors which should be considered in determining if men are better than women. All the arguments presented below work just as well for racial, cultural, religious, and ethnic comparisons.

SPOILER ALERT: Neither is better, individuals exhibit skills independent of which side of any arbitrary line you put them.

Size and Strength:

Due to the biological differences beween men and women - aside from the reproductive roles - the median man is generally larger and stronger than the median woman in any cultural or racial group. However, there is considerable overlap in physical size and strength between individuals in any population. Aside from a statement containing the proviso "on average" there is no clear winner in this area. Humanity is not a strongly sexually dimorphic animal.

Dexterity:

Women are often said to be better at small muscle work (sewing, electronic component assembly, etc.). Again this is an individual physical trait and exemplars of clumsy women and dexterious men are easily found. In addition, there is cultural bias where women are trained in small muscle work in their youth.

Emotional Traits:

Cultural inculcation trains young women to be "nicer" and young boys to be "tough". It is not inherent in them, the adoption of a "role" is not indicative of superiority.

There is evidence that hormonal changes iduring the reproductive cycle may impact women - this is chemically induced and not necessarily a "brain wiring" issue. Neither side wins in this race

Maturity:

An area highly dependant on cultural expectations and training.

Intellect:

The range of human intellect is normally distributed throughout the population. Measures for intellect (IQ tests and similar) are often produced by individuals with cultural and experience leanings that lead to biased results. Test subjects also are influenced by these same training biases (Girl can't do math)

Summary:

Individual men and women have different strengths and weaknesses. The ideal situation is to have individuals of both sexes cooperate and share their complementary strengths.

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