Differences in the way of thinking of women and men

One of the popular books for a long time, entitled Men from Mars, Women from Venus , written by John Gray in 1992. This book is intended to understand the relationship between men and women. The differences in attitudes between women and men often lead to misunderstanding between the two parties. However, is it true that women's and men's brains work in different ways?

In the middle of the 19th century, researchers were able to distinguish between men and women just by looking at their brains, although recent research suggests that there is no physical difference between men's and women's brains. However, according to Ragini Verma, PhD lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, their research found significant differences between female and male brain circuits, even when they did the same thing.

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

What are the differences in thinking patterns of women and men?

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

In contrast to women, men have much stronger motor skills than women. This ability can be used for activities that require good hand-eye coordination. This is one reason men are better at sports that rely on ball throwing. According to Daniel Amen, MD, author Unleash the Power of the Female Brain , male brains are 10% larger than women's, but that does not mean that men are smarter than women. Brain size does not affect a person's intelligence or IQ. According to Witelson quoted by CBC News, the male brain is more vulnerable than the female brain. In addition, the male brain undergoes sexual changes that are influenced by the hormone testosterone.

Although usually the size of the male brain is larger than the size of the female brain, the fact is that the hippocampus in women is larger than that of men. The hippocampus is the part of the brain that stores memories, 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, whereas men only have verbal center on the left side of the brain. Usually this is what causes women to prefer to discuss, gossip, tell at length than men.

Men prefer to see things that are easy, they don't have good "connections" about things that involve feelings, emotions, or outpouring. 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 because the male brain is not designed to be connected to feelings or emotions. Men usually when making decisions rarely involve feelings. Men also rarely analyze their feelings compared to women who usually always involve feelings in deciding something.

Stereotypes and social labels influence the behavior of men and women

Stereotype is a concept that is attached to a person and is not necessarily true. As a child we often find out about what is appropriate and not appropriate for men. For example, men should not appear more talkative or chatty, because nagging is synonymous with women. Women are not allowed to play ball often, because the ball is only played by men. This kind of concept is inherent in society about how women and men should behave.

While the male brain is not designed to engage feelings, that doesn't mean that men lack empathy. According to Dr. Brizendine quoted Livescience, empathy in men works when someone shows his feelings. The fact is that men have more emotional responses than women, it's just that when men realize their feelings, men choose not to show them, because of the stereotypes that emerge in society. Men will choose to be more quiet and look cool. Likewise with women, there is a stereotype that it must be men who take the initiative to advance in relationships. Women do tend to be more sensitive than men, but that doesn't mean women can't take the initiative to move forward in a relationship first.

Stereotypes differentiate 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 are allowed to wink or wink at women, because this has been 'agreed upon by society' from generation to generation, so it is synonymous with men's habits. When women do the same, it will be considered inappropriate. Of course we have to be wiser in judging something. Likewise, we don't just judge men to be insensitive when women's desires cannot be read by them.