Why do girls get lower SAT scores on average than boys?

<p>Girls tend to overachieve in school settings, whereas boys underachieve. </p>

<p>The SAT is an aptitude test. You can’t overachieve on those. </p>

<p>And for all those who say men and women are equally intelligent, that’s utter hogwash. Now I’m no evolutionary biologist, but there’s NO WAY natural selection crafted identical brains for the males and females. You need to be a cunning, quick thinker who can recognize patterns to hunt deadly game. You don’t need to think quickly to determine which male in the tribe is the best to mate with. But you do need to have a good memory to remember which berries are safe to eat. </p>

<p>Now I’m no anthropologist, so I don’t know exactly which sexes did exactly what things, but it’s safe to say they weren’t doing the same things.</p>