Differences in Ways to Think about Women and Men

Medical Video: 10 Ways Men And Women Think Differently

One popular book has long been titledMen from Mars, Women from Venus, written by John Gray in 1992. This book is intended to understand the relationship between men and women. Differences in attitudes between women and men make frequent misunderstandings between the two parties. However, is it true that the brains of women and men work differently?

In the mid-19th century, researchers were able to distinguish women and men only by looking at their brains, although recent research suggests that the brain is physically no difference between the brains of men and women. However, according to Ragini Verma, PhD, a lecturer at Pennsylvania University in Philadelphia, their study found a significant difference between female and male brain circuits, even when they did the same.

In 2015, Tel Aviv University conducted interesting research in comparing male and female brains. The researchers conducted research on 1400 people at the location gray matter in the brain. Researchers mention this thinking pattern as brain road maps. From this study, the workings of the female and male brains are referred to as female end zone and male end zone.

What is the difference between women's and men's thinking patterns?

Women use their right brain more often, which is the reason women are more able to see from various perspectives and draw conclusions. Still based on Ragini Verma's research, women's brains are more able to associate memory and social conditions, this is the reason women rely more on feelings. According to Tel Aviv's study, women can absorb information five times faster than men. This is the reason women conclude something faster than men.

Unlike women, men have motor skills that are far stronger than women. This ability can be used for activities that require good coordination between hands and eyes. This is one reason men are better at sports that rely on throwing balls. According to Daniel Amen, MD, author Unleash the Power of the Female Brain, male brains are 10% bigger than women, but that does not mean men are smarter than women. Brain size does not affect one's intelligence or IQ. According to Witelson quoted by CBC News, male brains are more vulnerable than female brains. In addition, the male brain experiences sexual changes that are influenced by the hormone testosterone.

Although usually the size of a male brain is larger than the size of a female brain, the fact is that the hippocampus in women is greater than that of men. Hippocampus is a part of the brain that stores memory, one of the reasons women can process information faster as mentioned above. The difference in response between women and men occurs because women have verbal center in both parts of the brain, while men only have verbal center in the left brain. Usually this is what causes women to prefer discussion, gossiping, telling stories at length than men.

Men prefer to see something easy, they don't have a good 'connection' about things that involve feelings, emotions, or outpouring of hearts. That is why women like to complain that men are not sensitive enough, forgetting things that are considered important by women such as wedding anniversaries. This is triggered because the male brain is not designed to connect to feelings or emotions. Men usually when deciding something rarely involve feeling. Men also rarely analyze their feelings compared to women who usually always involve feeling in deciding something.

Stereotypes and social stamp influence the behavior of men and women

Stereotyping is a concept that is attached to a person and not necessarily true. As a child, we often find out what is appropriate and inappropriate for men. For example, men should not look more talkative or fussy, because nagging is synonymous with women. Women should not often play football, because the ball is only played by men. This concept is inherent in the community about how women and men should behave.

The male brain is not designed to involve feelings, but that does not mean men do not have a sense of empathy. According to Dr. Brizendine quoted by LiveScience, empathy for men works when someone shows their feelings. The fact is that men have more emotional responses than women, only when men are aware of their feelings, men choose not to show it, because of stereotypes that appear in society. Men will choose to be more silent and look cool. Likewise with women, there is a stereotype that men must have advanced initiatives in relationships. Women tend to be more sensitive than men, but that does not mean women cannot take the initiative to advance in a relationship.

Stereotypes distinguish between male and female characters, as already stated that men should be more silent, authoritative, quick to make decisions than women and more resilient than women. Just as only men can glance or wink at women, because it has been agreed upon by the people from generation to generation, it becomes identical as a male habit. When women do the same thing, they will be considered inappropriate. Of course we must be wiser in judging something. Likewise, it is not true to judge men as insensitive when women's desires cannot be read by them.

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