I enjoy surfing the net and finding interesting articles that tickle the mind. This one in particular I found interesting. Children were being tested using a VR headset to teach them how to do things and certain tasks. While the test was being performed the scientists started to notice an odd trend.
If they used a Male character, like a robot or a lion avatar to teach the boys in the class, they found that the boys learned better and paid more attention to the lesson. If they had a female avatar like a pink unicorn or a talking purse their attention and focus was a lot less. The female children had the exact same experience, obviously completely opposite from the boys and learned better from a female avatar.
Then of course the scientists came to the conclusion that girls learn better from women, and boy learn better from men. This was basically the end of the article but not from my train of thought.
While it may be true that boys and girls learn better from the same gender, I do think that it's still very important to learn from both genders. Women and men both have completely different thinking patterns and different ways to interpret the same situation.
While looking at a car accident photograph, a male might notice that the cars involved were muscle cars of a certain year and is saddened by the destruction of them, a woman on the other hand might be concerned about the people involved in the collision, and she is worried about their safety and hopes that no one is hurt.
Neither one of these opinions is wrong, both of them are valid observations, the male can appreciate the craftsmanship and rarity of a historic automobile and knows of the work that goes into building one. The female feels for other people and can sense the pain from the people involved in it.
Learning from both genders is invaluable to all children and if they are raised by only one gender then those children are not getting the full development other children have when being raised by both genders of parents.
Scott Goerz
