Ferdinand Fellmann¹, Esther Redolfi²

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¹ Department of Philosophy, Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany.
² Faculty of Humanities, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Abstract: In this article, we argue that there is an essential difference between social intelligence and creative intelligence, and that they have their foundation in human sexuality. For sex differences, we refer to the vast psychological, neurological, and cognitive science research where problem-solving, verbal skills, logical reasoning, and other topics are dealt with. Intelligence tests suggest that, on average, neither sex has more general intelligence than the other. Though people are equals in general intelligence, they are different in special forms of intelligence such as social intelligence and creative intelligence, the former dominant in women, the latter dominant in men. The dominance of creative intelligence in men needs to be explained. The focus of our research is on the strictly anthropological aspects, and consequently our explanation for this fact is based on the male-female polarity in the mating systems. Sexual dimorphism does not only regard bodily differences but implies different forms of sex life. Sex researchers distinguish between two levels of sexual intercourse: procreative sex and recreational sex, and to these we would add “creative sex.” On all three levels, there is a behavioral difference between men and women, including the subjective experience. These differences are as well attributed to culture as genetically founded in nature. Sexual reproduction is only possible if females cooperate. Their biological inheritance makes females play a decisive role in mate choice. Recreational sex for the purpose of pleasure rather than reproduction results from female extended sexual activity. Creative sex, on the contrary, is a specifically male performance of sexuality. We identify creative sex with eroticism. Eroticism evolved through the transformation of the sexual drive into a mental state of expectation and fantasizing. Hence, sex differences (that nowadays are covered up by cultural egalitarianism) continue to be the evolutionary origin of the difference between social and creative intelligence.

Keywords: Forms of Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Creative Intelligence, Creative Sex, Evolution of Mating Systems, Eroticism, Orgasmic Pivot

Cite this paper: Fellmann, F. and Redolfi, E. (2017) Aspects of Sex Differences: Social Intelligence vs. Creative Intelligence. Advances in Anthropology, 7, 298-317. doi: 10.4236/aa.2017.74017.

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