Try it on IRC sometime. You'll find that within seconds, pretending to be a girl is instantly advantageous. Just don't overdo it.

iDog

http://www.unc.edu/depts/jomc/academics/dri/idog.html

How does that follow? Or do you intend to say that the observed effect is just a facet of a more general effect?

I'd say that in general:

  * Women are *far* better at communication than men
  * Men are more likely to respond to women, than
    women are likely to respond to men.

I don't know who this is news to though.

Your argument is indeed not new; I was just somewhat surprised to see "corollary: <general statement>" mean "this is a corollary of <general statement>" instead of "<general statement> is a corollary of this". I see that you meant the first.

EDIT: sorry if this sounds unnecessarily snippy; I honestly wondered if you meant the second.