Why Do Men And Women Think, Act And Make Decisions Differently?

When you think of the 1920´s, what comes to mind? Prohibition? The Roaring Twenties? Whatever it may be, on August 18th of 1920, a monumental decision in American history was made. That decision? Women, for the first time in U.S history, were granted the right to vote. Since then, much has changed in regard of traditional gender roles, but is that all a good thing? Over the years, a number of studies and experiments have taken place with the combined goal of obtaining a better understanding of the sexes. Besides the many obvious differences we see, men and women think, act and make decisions differently. Gad Saad, Ph.D. a professor at Concordia University, studied children in their pre-socialization stage. His goal? To find out whether or not
Chemicals such as serotonin, testosterone, estrogen and oxytocin are all processed to different degrees by men and women’s brains. An adult male for example, has about seven to eight times more testosterone than that of an adult female. Side affect’s of having this increased amount of testosterone is more aggressive and impulsive behavior, less of an inclination to sit for long periods of time and less of an incentive to form strong emotional bonds. The hippocampus, otherwise known as the memory center of the brain, is larger and has a denser number of neural connections in female brains. As a result, women absorb more information when it comes to emotions and the five senses. Additionally, male and female brains both develop differently during conception. Females brains for instance, have verbal centers in both the left and right sides of the brain, while men only have one verbal center on the left side of their brain. This explains why women are much more descriptive, while men may only remember parts of the conversation they deem as most important. This also means men are worse at discussing their feelings and displaying emotions. Females have a much higher degree of natural blood flow to the brain due to high amounts of white matter, which causes them to revisit and ruminate emotional memories more often than men. On the flip side, when a man reflects on an emotional memory or experience, they
She claims that Neurosexist studies that spot sex-dependent activity such as differences in empathy, learning languages or spatial processing have allowed these myths to survive. She points to brain imaging and a study regarding the molding of our gender and sexual identity based on our experiences and environment. She continues on and explains that we need to complete more research while also accounting for social status and education. She sites another study claiming Psychologists have begun to see that many of the characteristics we see as masculine and feminine are on a spectrum. “Every brain is actually a mosaic of different patterns, some more commonly found in men’s brains and some in women’s. But none could be described as fully male nor fully