Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
my DD is not an example of "less obsessive" in any way, actually. She's serially obsessive about whatever interest she has which is new and shiny.

Being serially obsessive won't make you a prodigy. I still think males are more likely to obsess over a narrow field for a long period of time, as Bobby Fischer did with chess.

Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
It's worth noting that far too many EG/PG people are distinctly androgynous in their interests and strengths to make gender-based statements about them. IMO, I mean.

I am a gifted adult interested in chess, politics, finance, and computer programming. All those fields are male-dominated.