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Men & Women: Differences in Intellect and Nature
When Men and Women Think Differently
"There are certain sex differences that keep reappearing. For example males do constantly better than females on tests of spatial and mathematical ability. Girls on the other hand do better in verbal ability and responsiveness to stimuli. These are mostly just generalizations but it is true that girls and boys display different abilities.
Test Scores
Camilla Benbow and Julian Stanley conducted a study in which they looked at SAT math scores for both males and females. The results were that boys do better than girls. They received lots of criticism on this so they conducted the study again but this time with bigger numbers, and still got the same results. It turns out that the average math scores are not all the different.
In actuality boys are just at the upper end of the curve but also at the lower extremes. But girls are consistent and are average.
The World of Achievers
Though women have higher verbal ability and responsiveness than men, throughout history, there have been many more males recognized for their talents and achievements.
If women were not so preoccupied by the duties of motherhood, these may be able to direct more time towards the utilization of their talents. Yet if this were to happen, women would probably be looked upon as neglecting their families and home life.
Motherhood may be the cause of sensitivity in women. They have to care for, and understand their infants without actually having to talk to them. Differences in the brains of males and females may explain why men are more recognized for their achievements than women.
Women are more intuitive and less cognitive than men. They are much more sensitive. This may explain why men have more success. Men are more aggressive and care less about what is going on around them. Both characteristics are those that are seen in people who are dominant leaders. One example is how ?office employees fret over a casual remark made by the boss?.
Why Men Read Maps and Women ask for Directions
Women are very focused on individual?s feelings and relationships. They have high verbal and auditory skills. Men have more spatial skills. ?Their greater aptitude for spatial relationships makes men more adroit at reading maps and perhaps at mathematical functions"
?Women rely on landmarks for finding their way". Estrogen equals verbal ability, and testosterone equals spatial ability. In a man or a woman, the presence of either increases the corresponding ability.
INSIDE THE BRAIN
On the surface, a man?s brain may appear bigger than a woman?s. But in reality, it is all relative to their differences in body size. The ?female brain is not just a scaled down version of a man?s brain?. Women?s neurons are actually more densely organized than a man?s. This could be important because neurons are what controls intellectual functioning.
Using Our Heads
Males are more ?left brained? and females are more ?right brained?. The right side of the brain deals with visual and spatial functions, and the left side deals with verbal functions. This may explain why men are not as verbal as women. They are just not capable of having the same amount of intuition and verbal ability as a female. Females also utilize more than just the right side of their brains. Studies have shown that females use all different parts of their brain at once.
That is probably why they recover more quickly than men when it comes to head trauma. Men are more likely to lose their verbal ability when they severely injure their brain. Women?s brains are just ?more specialized, especially in regards to language?.
The difference between men and women?s brains shows that the brain can work in two different yet both very successful ways.
Uncertainties
The difference between a man a woman?s brain is largely due to the fact that woman are wired to be mothers. Whether they actually become mothers or not, they are biologically predisposed to be a certain way.
Men are biologically predisposed to be aggressive and more sexual than women. Whether or not they have a chance to act upon these instincts, they still have it wired in their brains somewhere. These instincts do not always match up according to your sex. The environment which a man or woman grows up in can reverse the aggressiveness or passiveness that they are predisposed to.
from "The Red Queen, Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature? 1995 by Matt Ridley.
drmills.freeyellow.com
"There are certain sex differences that keep reappearing. For example males do constantly better than females on tests of spatial and mathematical ability. Girls on the other hand do better in verbal ability and responsiveness to stimuli. These are mostly just generalizations but it is true that girls and boys display different abilities.
Test Scores
Camilla Benbow and Julian Stanley conducted a study in which they looked at SAT math scores for both males and females. The results were that boys do better than girls. They received lots of criticism on this so they conducted the study again but this time with bigger numbers, and still got the same results. It turns out that the average math scores are not all the different.
In actuality boys are just at the upper end of the curve but also at the lower extremes. But girls are consistent and are average.
The World of Achievers
Though women have higher verbal ability and responsiveness than men, throughout history, there have been many more males recognized for their talents and achievements.
If women were not so preoccupied by the duties of motherhood, these may be able to direct more time towards the utilization of their talents. Yet if this were to happen, women would probably be looked upon as neglecting their families and home life.
Motherhood may be the cause of sensitivity in women. They have to care for, and understand their infants without actually having to talk to them. Differences in the brains of males and females may explain why men are more recognized for their achievements than women.
Women are more intuitive and less cognitive than men. They are much more sensitive. This may explain why men have more success. Men are more aggressive and care less about what is going on around them. Both characteristics are those that are seen in people who are dominant leaders. One example is how ?office employees fret over a casual remark made by the boss?.
Why Men Read Maps and Women ask for Directions
Women are very focused on individual?s feelings and relationships. They have high verbal and auditory skills. Men have more spatial skills. ?Their greater aptitude for spatial relationships makes men more adroit at reading maps and perhaps at mathematical functions"
?Women rely on landmarks for finding their way". Estrogen equals verbal ability, and testosterone equals spatial ability. In a man or a woman, the presence of either increases the corresponding ability.
INSIDE THE BRAIN
On the surface, a man?s brain may appear bigger than a woman?s. But in reality, it is all relative to their differences in body size. The ?female brain is not just a scaled down version of a man?s brain?. Women?s neurons are actually more densely organized than a man?s. This could be important because neurons are what controls intellectual functioning.
Using Our Heads
Males are more ?left brained? and females are more ?right brained?. The right side of the brain deals with visual and spatial functions, and the left side deals with verbal functions. This may explain why men are not as verbal as women. They are just not capable of having the same amount of intuition and verbal ability as a female. Females also utilize more than just the right side of their brains. Studies have shown that females use all different parts of their brain at once.
That is probably why they recover more quickly than men when it comes to head trauma. Men are more likely to lose their verbal ability when they severely injure their brain. Women?s brains are just ?more specialized, especially in regards to language?.
The difference between men and women?s brains shows that the brain can work in two different yet both very successful ways.
Uncertainties
The difference between a man a woman?s brain is largely due to the fact that woman are wired to be mothers. Whether they actually become mothers or not, they are biologically predisposed to be a certain way.
Men are biologically predisposed to be aggressive and more sexual than women. Whether or not they have a chance to act upon these instincts, they still have it wired in their brains somewhere. These instincts do not always match up according to your sex. The environment which a man or woman grows up in can reverse the aggressiveness or passiveness that they are predisposed to.
from "The Red Queen, Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature? 1995 by Matt Ridley.
drmills.freeyellow.com
Comments on this journal
but yes, like i said. words are mightier then then actions.
:D
also, "actions speak louder than words".
i dont see why people are arguing, evrything you said, or that article, has good justifications.
nothing wrong with it at all...........
BUT , i think the last paragraph about the environment should have been discussed more, because i surely am not the man they describe. im verbal, sensitive (hmm) but at the same time, im spatial (and special :D) and well not that aggressive.
who knows, labs,WHO KNOWS!!
but def. interesting
men are loafers, women are more driven.. :P
done!
both places had an impact on me today. my early schooling taught me manners and how to be a "lady". the other taught me how to fight my battles in the real world and become an acheiver and an athlete
there is no point in competing with the same oppentnents. u learn to excell when there are different challanges from different people.
"The review of literature relating to single-sex education indicated a number of perceived benefits. Evidence, mainly from small-scale qualitative studies, indicated that it was thought to reduce sexually stereotyped subject choices, and to be academically advantageous, particularly for girls.
Girls were said to be more confident in a single-sex environment, and to gain more attention from teachers."
basically when there are no smelly boys around, and they are not distracting us with their leering, :P we do better in maths and science, and become more confident in class.
from www.nfer.ac.uk
i dont know if its really a man woman thing i think YHB is correct a lot has to do with upbringing and conditioning.
women on the whole may get a little temperamental during certain times of the month but thats does not mean we are man haters. on the contrary.
as for men they are hormonal 24/7 so i dont think we call them woman bashers too. (bangers maybe)
essential differences apart - i think each and every human thinks differently regardless of the sex.
some men are selfish instead of women who need to be a mother