Humans have a tendency of creating defined lines and categories to make things more convenient to comprehend. You'll get a more accurate idea of life by using your own eyes and experiences, rather than searching for just the right test or study that tells you what you want to hear. In actuality, gender is not a determining factor for much at all... and yes, there are even studies and tests that will back this up as well, just as there are studies supporting every other opinion.
There are many different kinds of genius. If you go through life with your eyes open, you won't have to go very far to see it.
From the statistics you gave, women, since they more likely to have average intelligence. You can have a low IQ and not be mentally ill, you know. And average IQ people suffer from mental illness too.
Sometimes it's not such a gift to be brilliant. There are people with high IQs that are socially inept.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.