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Women Score Higher Than Men on IQ Tests

You always knew that girls were just as smart (if not smarter) than boys, but now we have the test scores to back it up. For the past 100 years, women have tested lower than men in IQ tests, but as of recently, women are scoring higher on the tests than their male counterparts.

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Brave New Dads

Now heres a concept that would have made my ’70s mom spit out her martini: Dads who kvetch about the frustrations and joys of changing diapers, setting up playdates, and the best products to use to clean vomit off a highchair. What would have amazed her even more: hundreds of these dads gather annually at daddy conferences. The get-togethers are just as glitzy as marketing-to-moms conventions, with the dads events sponsored by mammoth brands such as Honda, Dove, Kraft and Huggies.

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Maybe We All Need to “Lean In”

I spent the weekend wallowing in the media blitz that broke on Friday as Facebook COO Sheryl Sandbergs new book, Lean In, hit the headlines, along with her goal of raising the consciousness of working women everywhere. My first observation: Woo hoo!