Male and Female Ways of Thinking

Male and Female Ways of Thinking

It has long been thought that men and women have fundamental

difference in the way they think, but this was always considered to be

down to the hormones. Recently it has been discovered that although

the hormones do play a role in the behaviour and views of the

different sexes, the brain also plays a key role. It has been found

that there are many ways which the male brain varies from the female

brain. This challenges the equal rights and opportunities have long

been struggled for.

In the various studies that have been performed, many conclusions have

been drawn. Some have been suspected for some time. These include the

fact that men’s brains are about 10% larger than women’s. This doesn’t

seem to matter much, as men’s bodies are on average 8% larger than

women’s, but there is still a small size difference. However, the

major findings are in the purpose rather than the size. One of these

results is that women have many of the segments of their brains

connected together, while men’s are separated. This allows women to

multi-task, while men have much more specialized thinking. It is

thought this is why women tend to see things from various angles and

men are more straightforward. It is also thought that this is the

reason behind the higher numbers of ADHD, autism and dyslexia in men

and also why women can recover quicker after strokes, as their

activity can be transferred to other parts of the brain. However this

separation allows men to focus their attentions and not get distracted

by emotions, as women typically do. This is because women have to use

several parts of the brain to process a singl...

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...ent speed and at different times in their lives,

it might be more beneficial for them to be taught separately, at least

while they are learning basic skills. However, while this might be

better for the mental side of children’s development, psychologically

and socially separate schooling could stop children reaching full

maturity.

So this matter is still undecided. Logic tells us to use this

information to become more efficient, dividing genders into what they

are suited for, while emotionally we want equality for genders no

matter what. I personally think that given the right initiative men

and women can achieve the same things, but they should be encouraged

to go into the fields that they are naturally better at. It would b

foolish to waste this new information, but we can’t completely

disregard human feelings.