Comment by Edith Burke on January 17, 2012 at 15:35

A conversation with SM inspired this. A great book to start is Smart Girls, Gifted Women by Barbara Kerr (it has been updated). She and Sanford Cohn also wrote Smart Boys.

Comment by Sciencemama on January 17, 2012 at 16:14

I think there will be some very interesting, thought provoking discussions here.  Thanks for starting this.

Comment by Gwyneth Wesley Rolph on January 17, 2012 at 16:46

What an interesting idea for a group, and how surprising no one has thought of it before! Thank you for the invite, Edith!

Comment by Maria P Gomez on January 17, 2012 at 17:03

Hello everybody! nice group, Edee.

I've been thinking that one of the challenges for gifted women, especially during adolescence is to disclose their giftedness, and avoid hiding it. I think men have less problems assuming they are smart, it is almost a part of their egos. For women, acceptance is hard because of many fears, and among them, the fear of being rejected (by friends, by other men, etc.).

At least that has happened to me until today. "Yeah, I might be smart. Gifted? No way!"

Comment by Krista E. Springer on February 27, 2012 at 2:37

As a gifted adult I struggle with forming relationships. I did not know that I was gifted until a few years ago. It the process of coming into my own has been a blessing and a curse. I thibk that the curse part has been the adversiti that I have to face from other people. I refuse to hide my giftedness though, because in doing so, I am being dishonest and I end up betraying myself. What have been learning is that there are other gifted people in this world, who do understand, and slowly I have begun to make a few connections, and this does make a huge difference. As a woman, I have been discriminated against by other men, and it seems to spawn more from the average minded male ego, then from more intelligent males. Most recently some of the worst behaviors and attitudes that I have experienced have come from other women; in the form of jealousy and a dysfunctional abuse of personal power issues, in the persuit of personal self-glory. Oh..., it has been an eye opener..., some much for my naive illusion of sisterhood/friendship. Non-the-less as women we need use our gifts and talents and allow ourselves to be the best we can posibly be, whatever that means for each of us.Let me put it another way when you can be yourself..., you find out who your real friends really are, and you can then be in an honest relationship, whether it is with a male or another female. Thanks so much for putting this group together!

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