If you're going to do a so-called "scientific experiment" to determine whether it's true that women take longer than men to get ready, then maybe you should actually design an experiment in which you observe women and men GETTING READY. Perhaps tell them that they're going to the opera, or a speed-dating round, or a restaurant with a dress code. Something that encourages them to, you know, GET READY - instead of giving them a few minutes to board a bus, which is effectively an exercise in how punctual they are. Well, that's a different question altogether, isn't it?
This experiment purposefully avoided the actual stereotype, which everyone knows revolves around the concept that women supposedly take longer to get ready, due to their preference for (and/or the social pressures of) wearing make-up and managing longer hair, matching a well coordinated outfit, shoes and purses, etc. Men are stereotypically more lazy about getting ready and will slap something quick together if they can get away with it.
What makes people think this? Marriage. Relationships. Men who lazily throw themselves together in less than five minutes while the women in their lives make more of an effort. Have you ever seen the Oscars? Men come out in plain black suits, one after the other. Boring. Women get dazzled up. Now, of course this stereotype doesn't apply to everyone on Earth, and some people will take longer regardless of their gender. But using the results of a tardiness experiment to determine which sex "takes longer to get ready" is like using bagels to determine which donut people like the most. Any moron off the street could have told you that men would be more inclined to miss the bus if you put a food stand between them and the curb. That's not science. It's a skewed manipulation.
Who said that women are constantly late? I've never heard that! What's implied in the known stereotype - and what's admitted by the gender studies expert - is that women are more inclined to feel pressured that they have to do MORE to get ready. So, in turn, they do more to be appealing and meet the standard that's been put upon them by the media and society. By that rationale, it wouldn't be hard to believe that a woman would start getting ready at 7:00 to do her hair and her makeup and be out the door by 8:00. A man might start at 7:30 or 7:45, slap some gel in his hair, and also be out by 8:00. They'd both leave on time, and neither would be tardy, but the woman would certainly have taken longer. And that's not necessary a bad thing.
Also, let's not forget that there were times when women had to be stitched into corsets and multi-layer petticoats before being hooped into a dress. Was any consideration given to to WHEN these stereotypes originated? BAD SCIENCE.
Had these 100 humans been given an option to change and primp and actually "get ready", we might have gotten an answer to the question. Instead, we learned that men will linger aimlessly around a table for a chance at food. Congratulations! ...said no-one who's ever known a man on Planet Earth.
This experiment purposefully avoided the actual stereotype, which everyone knows revolves around the concept that women supposedly take longer to get ready, due to their preference for (and/or the social pressures of) wearing make-up and managing longer hair, matching a well coordinated outfit, shoes and purses, etc. Men are stereotypically more lazy about getting ready and will slap something quick together if they can get away with it.
What makes people think this? Marriage. Relationships. Men who lazily throw themselves together in less than five minutes while the women in their lives make more of an effort. Have you ever seen the Oscars? Men come out in plain black suits, one after the other. Boring. Women get dazzled up. Now, of course this stereotype doesn't apply to everyone on Earth, and some people will take longer regardless of their gender. But using the results of a tardiness experiment to determine which sex "takes longer to get ready" is like using bagels to determine which donut people like the most. Any moron off the street could have told you that men would be more inclined to miss the bus if you put a food stand between them and the curb. That's not science. It's a skewed manipulation.
Who said that women are constantly late? I've never heard that! What's implied in the known stereotype - and what's admitted by the gender studies expert - is that women are more inclined to feel pressured that they have to do MORE to get ready. So, in turn, they do more to be appealing and meet the standard that's been put upon them by the media and society. By that rationale, it wouldn't be hard to believe that a woman would start getting ready at 7:00 to do her hair and her makeup and be out the door by 8:00. A man might start at 7:30 or 7:45, slap some gel in his hair, and also be out by 8:00. They'd both leave on time, and neither would be tardy, but the woman would certainly have taken longer. And that's not necessary a bad thing.
Also, let's not forget that there were times when women had to be stitched into corsets and multi-layer petticoats before being hooped into a dress. Was any consideration given to to WHEN these stereotypes originated? BAD SCIENCE.
Had these 100 humans been given an option to change and primp and actually "get ready", we might have gotten an answer to the question. Instead, we learned that men will linger aimlessly around a table for a chance at food. Congratulations! ...said no-one who's ever known a man on Planet Earth.