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Men can't multi-task.

Men can't multi-task.

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Originally posted by catfoodtim
I understand clichés, stereotypes and generalisations do indeed exist for a reason. The French generally are proud of their language, Northern English men drink pints of bitter and the Irish are family-centric.

The generalisations I take objection to are the ones that label people as in some way inferior. To say men cannot generally cannot multitask is lazy and downright wrong. Its as bad as saying women are worse drivers than men.
HI. OK, I understand how you feel about it. I suppose, I'm not particularly bothered about it.

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I don't understand. I'm not saying it is true, but why shouldn't it be? I don't know what evidence there is for either side of the argument, but I suspect that you don't either (do correct me if I'm wrong).

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Originally posted by aging blitzer
I'd like to see a woman single-task when the task is reading a map...
Well if you would quit hitting all the bumps maybe she could.

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Originally posted by catfoodtim
I've been really irritated today by an idiotic IT support guy who agreed with the women in the office that men cannot multi-task.

Am I the only man in this whole bloody world who finds such sweeping generalisations offensive? Some men can, some men can't. In the same way that some women can and some can't.

He tried to tell me it was evolution. Wh ...[text shortened]... ?

Is there a spurious evolutionary reason to back up this nonsense that I'm not aware of?
Was he perchance trying to score with the women in your office?

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Originally posted by catfoodtim
I've been really irritated today by an idiotic IT support guy who agreed with the women in the office that men cannot multi-task.

Am I the only man in this whole bloody world who finds such sweeping generalisations offensive? Some men can, some men can't. In the same way that some women can and some can't.

He tried to tell me it was evolution. Wh ...[text shortened]... ?

Is there a spurious evolutionary reason to back up this nonsense that I'm not aware of?
Have you ever called IT support?

This guy probably can`t do one thing at a time (unless its pick his nose).

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Originally posted by catfoodtim
men can't multi-task
I hear this one all the time, most recently when chatting with my mother-in-law on Skype while working on a translation and handling a phone call.

"Multi-task" is one of those irritating words like "problem-solve"...Of course we know who to blame, don't we?

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Originally posted by Mayharm
Cooking and breastfeeding simultaneously. Something I'd love to see a male earthling attempt 🙄

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Well I'd like to see a woman pee uphill and spit on a rock at the
same time.....

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Blowjob while driving ...

nuff said.

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Originally posted by Chakan
Blowjob while driving ...

nuff said.
That is impressive multi-tasking on your part, Chakan!

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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
That is impressive multi-tasking on your part, Chakan!
Try having sex while driving its a little tougher.... fun looks from other drivers though.

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Stereotypes tend to come into being because of actual differences.
They may become exagerated.
I don't think it is discrimination to say "in general women are better/worse than men at x"
It is discrimination if you make an assumption about an individual based on the stereotype.

Men and women are different, physically and mentally.
e.g.
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro01/web2/Hoeldtke.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/feature/story/0,13026,937913,00.html