On Thu, 4 May 2006, Jim Devine wrote:
> If the stereotype is right, women are "multitaskers...." The problem with
> being a multitasker is that one doesn't specialize in a small enough
> number of tasks to learn to do one really well. On the other hand, men are
> more likely to be single-minded (perhaps because they're so often exempted
> from househusbandry/childcare tasks), they can learn to do one task
> (chess-playing or whatever) really well.
That would explain why there are no good woman pianists or violinists :o)
Michael