Subject: Re: Perception, was: Chestnut-collared Longspur
Date: Dec 5 12:42:14 1995
From: Eileen Oconnor - eoc at u.washington.edu


On Tue, 5 Dec 1995, Alvaro Jaramillo wrote:

> Given that there are biological differences between the sexes as far as
^^^^^^^^^^
> colour perception is concerned, the records committees should give more
> weight to reports done by women, perhaps. Its just a thought ;-)

Why biological? i can believe that it's mostly learned...there are lots
of skills that are rewarded more highly in one sex than in the other
(nobody cared if I could catch a ball).
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