Are men and women's brains different?

mr_fegelien

Sounds stupid but I really wonder. What made me think of this was how in my college, things seem stereotypical, the programming class has the fewest girls and the nursing class the fewest boys. Also in one of my modules, the girls don't seem at all interested in discussing politics yet the boys do.

There's a debate about whether these differences are the result of parents unconsciously treating kids differently growing up or perhaps that testosterone/estrogen influence brain development and personality choices. Perhaps it's the single sex schools.

Timberrrrrrrr

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Sounds stupid but I really wonder. What made me think of this was how in my college, things seem stereotypical, the programming class has the fewest girls and the nursing class the fewest boys. Also in one of my modules, the girls don't seem at all interested in discussing politics yet the boys do.

There's a debate about whether these differences are the result of parents unconsciously treating kids differently growing up or perhaps that testosterone/estrogen influence brain development and personality choices. Perhaps it's the single sex schools.

Men and women are different in many ways and the same in many ways.

ToddyDoody

Answer is yes. For starters, male brain more attunded to motion while female brain more attuned to facial nuances. Hence premier league and make-up.

mr_fegelien

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Answer is yes. For starters, male brain more attunded to motion while female brain more attuned to facial nuances. Hence premier league and make-up.

But you'll most likely find the best in the field of make-up are men. Actually that's pretty much the same with anything.

Women may cook more but the best professions are male, etc...

Salthillprom

Yes I think female and male brains are programmed differently, but I also think that a certain percentage of the differences are conditioned through what society expects of people.

ToddyDoody

mr_fegelien wrote: »

But you'll most likely find the best in the field of make-up are men. Actually that's pretty much the same with anything.

Women may cook more but the best professions are male, etc...

Its not a competition.. but, as a man, do you have a desire to wear make up on occasions big or small?

johnnyskeleton

There are about 7.3bn human brains in this world. No two are exactly alike

Ipso

According to Miles Cholmondley-Warner, yes!

wakka12

There are certain characteristics and personality traits more correlated with the two genders but every single human is unique and will not always share those personality traits with others just because they are the same gender

BDI

Men have mars brains women have Venus ******************. *****. ****** **** **** brains

the beer revolu

I believe the most recent studies show practically no difference. Apperent differences are purely conditioning.

BDI

the beer revolu wrote: »

I believe the most recent studies show practically no difference. Apperent differences are purely conditioning.

Go way out of that conditioner isn’t only for girls it’s not 1950.

mr_fegelien

ToddyDoody wrote: »

Its not a competition.. but, as a man, do you have a desire to wear make up on occasions big or small?

I have black skin so to be fair, makeup doesn't exactly "work".

Gynoid

Yes they are. In many ways. Bell curves are relevant here, in that the differences are particularly at extremes. But in any case men tend to have larger brains, larger amygdalae, women have larger hippocampuses -hippocampi(?), and more connectivity between the hemispheres. There are loads of other differences eg women pattern recognise better, men respond to speed better. It ain't fashionable but men and women are different. Thank God.

PsychoPete

A womans brain is a third the size of a man's, its science!

Silentcorner

You need only look at the parts of the world where people enjoy freedom of choice to see the differences in general between the male brain and the female brain...

It is farcical to suggest otherwise, look into the Kibbutz in Isreal, over 100 years ago they attempted to remove gender roles and "Patriarchal" influences (they separated all kids from their parents who all lived in separate dwellings) and within two generations guess what happened...the women wanted to work in service and live with their kids and the men did all the farming and technology!

You can fight the Patriarchy all day long...but Mother Nature is undefeated!

mr_fegelien

Silentcorner wrote: »

You need only look at the parts of the world where people enjoy freedom of choice to see the differences in general between the male brain and the female brain...

It is farcical to suggest otherwise, look into the Kibbutz in Isreal, over 100 years ago they attempted to remove gender roles and "Patriarchal" influences (they separated all kids from their parents who all lived in separate dwellings) and within two generations guess what happened...the women wanted to work in service and live with their kids and the men did all the farming and technology!

You can fight the Patriarchy all day long...but Mother Nature is undefeated!

Actually Jordan Peterson said the biggest differences in males/females were in Scandinavian countries.

YFlyer

Harry Enfield explicitly explained that men and women brains are different.

Lirange

Loads of experts on here! Truth is I have no idea. But I would think social norms, expectations, and perceptions would play a part. Haven’t the most recent studies indicated that the differences (eg males wired to be mathematical/spatial & women wired for language) are exaggerated if non existent? Our brains have some specs when we’re born but much of the wiring is also built as we grow and develop.

4068ac1elhodqr

Yes, not just biologically, but socially.

If advertisers want to directly talk to men, they use a bloke to convey the message to increase delivery success, and thus end product sales targets.
e.g. Bought some Ronseal once after the geeza' on the advert said: 'Ronseal, it does exactly what it says on the tin'. Good enough.

sportsfan90

PsychoPete wrote: »

A womans brain is a third the size of a man's, its science!

The same size as a squirrels brain according to Borat in that scene with the feminists.

I don't think he's an expert though.

mr_fegelien

sportsfan90 wrote: »

The same size as a squirrels brain according to Borat in that scene with the feminists.

I don't think he's an expert though.

You know Sasha's cousin is the famous psychiatrist Simon Baron Cohen right?

AMKC

sportsfan90 wrote: »

The same size as a squirrels brain according to Borat in that scene with the feminists.

I don't think he's an expert though.

He is certainly not on expert one think he is do is a complete and utter idiot.

Beeping Kitchen Appliances

AMKC wrote: »

He is certainly not on expert one think he is do is a complete and utter idiot.

He's a parody character played by a comedic actor.

hatrickpatrick

Even if men and women had identical brains, a lot of brain function is governed by neurotransmitters and hormones. Dopamine, prolactin, androgens, estrogens - the make and female baseline levels of these chemicals are generally very different. So an identical brain would behave differently depending on whether it inhabited an endocrine-typical male or female body.

dxhound2005

In the 2016 Census, 445,500 women are recorded as being homemakers, as against 9,200 men. Why would that be? Every family could make the opposite choice. And young women are more highly educated than men, so they would be just as qualified to reverse the order of things.

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-wamii/womenandmeninireland2016/

Bobblehats

Same gooey feast

ArchXStanton

I'd say yes, men are more rational woman are more emotional

ILoveYourVibes

Yes very.

Men have larger brains for a start.

Some areas of the brain are sexually differentiated and some are not.

There are also differences in activation patterns.

Men have a more laterialized brain. Men have more grey matter in the bilateral amygdala, hippocampus, and anterior parahippocampal gyri.

Women have more grey matter in the frontal pole, inferior and middle frontal gyrus, anterior cingulate gyrus, and lateral occipital cortex.

There are also hormonal differences.

Female and male brains are structurally anatomically and hormonally different.

Greyfox

It's more they use their brain differently, men use the left side of the brain a lot more than the right where women use the right side just as much

Church on Tuesday

What part of Africa are you from lad?

mr_fegelien

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

What part of Africa are you from lad?

Tanzania.

Hector Savage

They are different, neither is better than the other, that's what the equality of outcome idiots hear everytime that is stated.

It's like a tiger and a bear - which is better ? neither , but they are just different...

Hector Savage

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

There are about 7.3bn human brains in this world. No two are exactly alike

They're not but there are trends ..

SEPT 23 1989

They all taste the same

SusieBlue

mr_fegelien wrote: »

I have black skin so to be fair, makeup doesn't exactly "work".

What are you talking about? Of course makeup works for black skin.

PsychoPete

Hector Savage wrote: »

It's like a tiger and a bear - which is better ? neither

False, black bear

spurious

Women's and men's feet are different too.
This probably explains why men are paid more.

Sky King

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Actually Jordan Peterson said the biggest differences in males/females were in Scandinavian countries.

That's not what he said. He said that Scandanavian countries are the most developed and egalitarian, and in well developed egalitarian countries, people have the most choice in terms of their career, and that in this free choice scenario woman and men overwhelmingly choose careers which are associated with their gender (i.e. nursing for women and engineering for men), and this flies in the face of those who say there should be 'X no of women engineers' or whatever.

Hector Savage

PsychoPete wrote: »

False, black bear

You need the Dwight meme here!

AMKC

SusieBlue wrote: »

What are you talking about? Of course makeup works for black skin.

Agreed. Its just a matter of knowing how to put it on the right way so it enhances your own face.

spurious wrote: »

Women's and men's feet are different too.
This probably explains why men are paid more.

Lol. If that was the case it's Women who should be earning more then as it's not like you see the average man wearing heels to work.

JohnnyFlash

Of course they are. It’s probably considered sexist to say it these days, but most women are worse than useless under pressure. They are also really bad at telling jokes. Like don’t bother babe. Please.

Crock Rock

Yes, and there are only two genders biologically.

Gynoid

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Of course they are. It’s probably considered sexist to say it these days, but most women are worse than useless under pressure. They are also really bad at telling jokes. Like don’t bother babe. Please.

That's right Johnny - put us under pressure and we fail every time - but at least our noggins can do something useful.

Crock Rock

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Tanzania.

Hujambo

banie01

An excellent book on this Topic is "Why men don't listen and women can't read maps" by Barbara and Allen Pease.

Plenty of scholarly research and reports on the subject too but it's quite a minefield of confirmation bias, misogyny and feminism.

Capt'n Midnight

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

There are about 7.3bn human brains in this world. No two are exactly alike

Except that Andelucian fireman, José.












And his identical twin brother hose B.

Bobblehats

spurious wrote: »

Women's and men's feet are different too.
This probably explains why men are paid more.

My girl’s feet are flat; whereas I have a high instep. It’d leave you to wonder just who exactly wears the high heels around here.

jmayo

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Sounds stupid but I really wonder. What made me think of this was how in my college, things seem stereotypical, the programming class has the fewest girls and the nursing class the fewest boys. Also in one of my modules, the girls don't seem at all interested in discussing politics yet the boys do.

There's a debate about whether these differences are the result of parents unconsciously treating kids differently growing up or perhaps that testosterone/estrogen influence brain development and personality choices. Perhaps it's the single sex schools.

Well I reckon more women than men have photographic memory.
The stuff they can remember about what you did one day or other 10 odd years ago is astounding.

Gynoid

jmayo wrote: »

Well I reckon more women than men have photographic memory.
The stuff they can remember about what you did one day or other 10 odd years ago is astounding.

That is because, as Maya Angelou said, people will remember how you made them FEEL. And, as everyone knows, wimmin own ALL the feels.

AMKC

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

Of course they are. It’s probably considered sexist to say it these days, but most women are worse than useless under pressure. They are also really bad at telling jokes. Like don’t bother babe. Please.

I have to disagree with that.

Crock Rock wrote: »

Yes, and there are only two genders biologically.

Who said anything about gender.

Bobblehats wrote: »

My girl’s feet are flat; whereas I have a high instep. It’d leave you to wonder just who exactly wears the high heels around here.

Is it yourself. I think more men should wear heels. Would be great to see more men wearing 4'' heels daily.