Intelligence is the ability to learn from experience and adapt to, shape and select environments (Robert, 1985), the capacity to acquire and apply knowledge. The intellectual superiority question between the sexes has been a topic of debate for a lengthy period for researchers.
Men have been described to have a one-track mind; can focus on specific tasks at a time. This however a shortcoming, enables the gender to put more time into the tasks, gaining domain intelligence. This portrays men as more intelligent in the specified domains putting them at an advantage in the battle for intelligence.
On the other hand, women can take up multiple tasks, gain knowledge on various domains all at once. This means that women have a higher capacity to acquire and apply knowledge on a broader base which should make them better than men but with our patriarchal world, intelligent women are hardly anyone’s favorite.
We cannot conclusively define a superior gender intellectually as both genders excel in different aspects of intelligence. Men top at the domain intelligence while women equally excel in broad knowledge base intelligence. It all falls to the personal view of what intelligence is and how it relates to a specific study.