I can multi-task but most men seem incapable of it.

can you?

Does drinking beer and eating crisps count?

no,its a woman thing,,,men cant or wont multi-task,

Sorry, what was that? I was too busy having a scratch. :D

this is yet another nonsense stereotypical thing, all the studies that have been done in the past have shown no real deviance between genders for this.

for e.g. the IT industry attracts both men and women who, if they are good at their job, are generally very good mult-taskers, and methodical and logical problem solvers (which is another nonsense thing that men are always better than women at this)

Absolutely - I'm a man but I can multi-task pretty well actually.

This is just another one of the many stupid generalisations that really wind me up as they have no basis in reality whatsoever. :rant:

Here you are.

I'm typing, listening to Sky Sports News AND picking my nose.....and I bet I could force a fart if I really put my mind to it!

:D

average day,wake up 6 30,iron kids school clothes
7 am...cook breakfast
7.30,call kids out of bed
7.45...drag kids out of bed
8.00am serve breakfast
8.05 prepare packed lunches

8.20 load kids into car
8.22,pick up neighbours kids for school

8.25, dodge bmw,s and 4*4 on way to school

9.00am,stuck in traffic trying to get to hikksborough shops

9.30am parking, walking to shops,dodging wheel chairs and people late for work

10.30 am, load car up,return home

10.45 unload car,sort out freezer stuff from fridge stuff

11.00am wash pots, walk round house picking up clothes for washing

11.20am, put clothes in washer,

11.30 am, select food for kids tea

11.40am,peel potatoes, and fresh veg, prepare meat,

12.00 make pastry,

1 00pm,check post,e mails

1 15, check sheffield forum


2.00 pm back to shop to pick odds and ends up

3.00pm lay table

3 15pm bring washing in or empty drier

4.00pm lay out the tea


5.00pm wash pots

6 00 pm,go through kids home work

7 00pm run bath,organise clothes for following day

8 00pm,supper

8.30 wash pots and put away

9.00pm,get kids to bed

10 pm, watch tv or go on forum

midnight........bed

if all i read is true then you must be the exception,,

Multitask is my middle name.

The vicar felt a right pillock when I was christened.

Originally posted by julie23
if all i read is true then you must be the exception,,

Please don't patronise. i'm a Doctor of Gender Studies.

my dad got a card saying,

'men can multi task'

there was a man sat on the loo and reading a newspaper at the same time... :hihi:

Of course we can! . . With my eyes shut too . . . usually in the morning. Get out of bed with eyes shut - brush teeth whilst getting dressed, drinking coffee, reading paper, smoking cig etc . . it's when I wake up and see the world that the trouble starts.

If multi-tasking involves doing a couple of things simultaneously, I don't believe anyone can multi-task. What we ARE good at, though, is time-slicing - i.e. you spend a few minutes directing your attention to one task, then switch your attention to something else, and then back again, and so on.

I use to do this quite a lot until I found that on the whole I was more productive if I focussed my attention for 15 or 20 minutes at a time on one thing before switching.

Joe

dead easy.
wallpapered,fed dogs, made meal,watch footie,drank cup of tea.
all roughly at same time or in the same hectic period anyway.

No, but my wife can, she can read the star while we have sex.

Originally posted by craigb
Absolutely - I'm a man but I can multi-task pretty well actually.

This is just another one of the many stupid generalisations that really wind me up as they have no basis in reality whatsoever. :rant:

Quality, Can't type and think about sarcasm at the same time. Fantastic.

I'm glad you did it first I would have done one otherwise. Very tactful, :cool:

[QUOTE]Originally posted by depoix
average day,wake up 6 30,iron kids [QUOTE]

you are working far too hard. Ironing kids is abuse. Less work and more relaxation is on my prescription. ;)

Originally posted by muddycoffee
[QUOTE]Originally posted by depoix
average day,wake up 6 30,iron kids [QUOTE]

you are working far too hard. Ironing kids is abuse. Less work and more relaxation is on my prescription. ;) ironing them keeps them on the straight and narrow;)

Originally posted by JoeP
If multi-tasking involves doing a couple of things simultaneously, I don't believe anyone can multi-task. What we ARE good at, though, is time-slicing - i.e. you spend a few minutes directing your attention to one task, then switch your attention to something else, and then back again, and so on.

I use to do this quite a lot until I found that on the whole I was more productive if I focussed my attention for 15 or 20 minutes at a time on one thing before switching.

Joe

multi-tasking is just that and I can do it. I've always been able to revise and listen to music and I'm always doing two things at the same time.

Everyone knows men can drink and get p****d at the same time ;)

I think the whole nonsense about men being unable to multi-task comes about from the fact that whenever they're absorbed in doing something they automatically go deaf, and if you do manage to make yourself heard they throw down what they're doing and yell 'Whattt!'

It gives the impression they can only do that one thing at a time

Women just assume they're going to be interrupted and keep half an ear and their mouth open......:o:D

I'm NOT a doctor in gender studies - but, I think the 'myth' about women being better at multi-tasking than men is because of the differences in upbringing. So, women have to use their multi-tasking skills more often than men, so they become better developed and skilled at it.

Where men use their multi-tasking skills, they do develop them.

I maintain, whilst there are differences between the sexes, there are also more similarities. How people develop and employ their individual skills is vey much dependent upon how they choose to use and develop them.

for example, some people have a tendency to be more creative and artistic, whereas others are more analytical and logical - I don't think this is gender specific, simply a matter of individual strengths, likes and dislikes. Which in turn lead people to develop the skills they enjoy using.

Originally posted by JoeP
I use to do this quite a lot until I found that on the whole I was more productive if I focussed my attention for 15 or 20 minutes at a time on one thing before switching.

Joe
Me too. Even interesting things become tedious after only a short time. However, this method really only works if you work on a computer all day.