Women in Higher Education. Women in Higher Education. Media ² Descartes Articles. Gifted Women: Identity and Expression. Gifted Women: Identity and Expression by Douglas Eby A wide range of personal characteristics may accompany being exceptional -- qualities that impact how gifted people see themselves, how others respond to them, and how fully they are able to realize and express their talents.
Qualities may include wanting to move fluidly from one pursuit or interest to the next; having impatience toward those who are less gifted; engaging in self-critical labeling as "scattered," having unusual excitability, high energy level, emotional reactivity, relentless curiosity, and other characteristics. A concern with using our intellectual capabilities "fully" and in a "respected" talent domain may stand in the way of finding an ultimately more satisfying life path. In her book "This Time I Dance!.. " External Factors Affecting Gifted Girls' Academic and Career Achievements. - gifted_girls.pdf. Untitled. CARING FOR OTHERS, PRESSURE TO CONFORM ARE TWO FACTORS INHIBITING POTENTIAL OF GIFTED GIRLS CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. 22 -- Many young, gifted girls appear to be rejecting the "Superwoman Syndrome" and purposefully lowering their aspirations.
That is one behavior of high-ability girls identified by studies at the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented at the University of Virginia. Several common behaviors that inhibit the potential of gifted girls have been identified by educators at the center, one of four federally funded sites that researches how to identify and encourage talented children. A strong ethic of caring that causes young gifted girls to attach more importance to the desires of others rather than their own needs was identified through detailed case studies of 18 high-ability female students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades.