Why did Stephen Hawking say that most difficult question that one could never answer is to understand a woman?

[SourabhMore]

[Mollynotgemma]

It’s quite simple... a male will never ever understand women. No amount of studying will get the answer!
As a woman I don’t even understand myself! Men are easier to figure out! And that is not meant in a derogatory way. It’s just males are black and white... ask a man if they’re ok.. they’ll say yes or no... ask a woman and unbeknownst to the long suffering male he just opened a can of worms he didn’t even know existed!
Women say ‘I’m fine’ all the time! Men never say that! Men need to remember that when those two words are said... we are everything but fine! But we couldn’t tell you why we said it! Hence women don’t understand women either! God bless men! You guys are incredible! I doff my hat to men!
Men will always be fine
Women will always say they’re fine but it has a different meaning! Go figure!

[AlienParasite]

It's not necessarily the most difficult question, it's just his personal perspective. I suppose he had trouble understanding women in his life. It's not that rare. Many people with high intelligence in the math-logic field aren't that intelligent in the social-emotional field.

[SourabhMore]

Yeah, but he did not say it in a negative way, his girlfriend turned wife did things for him that no one can imagine so he obviously said it in a positive way, but still it is a question with deep meaning, whether a woman is good or bad she is very unpredictable, hence the question has a weight it and hence it is a top unanswered question not only according to him but many many people who also have good social and interpersonal skills.

[AlienParasite]

I don't mind if it's negative or positive... The thing is, when any man say this type of quotes, I understand they see me as animal from a different species and not a fellow human. I also feel like they try to see a common pattern behavior in all woman instead of understanding each woman for the individual they are. As if they were trying to find a shortcut not to have to understand from zero an individual, like a way to avoid the effort that suppose actually knowing a person.

Honestly, I feel I'm very predictable, and every emotion or action I do it's possible to explain and be understood by any human. If it's hard to understand it's not a matter of genitalia, but more likely opposite values and mindset. A woman or man with different values would have trouble understanding me. A man or woman with similar values would have less trouble understanding my behaviors. That's it.

As a side note, I can't tell how positive he was saying so. Both of Hawking's marriages ended in divorce, and his first wife said that the marriage was never as happy as Hollywood portrayed, and they had a lots of arguments and everything end quite badly.

[Aakash_Hangargi]

I will interfere here i am sorry to say nobody considers women as animals in the way you describing it but yes, women fall under mostly same category of Emotional quotient
Because they are designed that way and also women say one thing they mean another thing
They think and act as per what society wants from them not what they really want and there is one more behaviour if a guy wants something else, but she wants something else from the guy and he does that still she will be not satisfied because she knows he didn't want that same but he did for her there's lot of confusing traits of a womem not all but yes in generalising manner

[SourabhMore]

Wow the real agend behind me posting this question, it was actually my question but then thought to add Stephen Hawking to the question and BAM, the app made it a great question and highlighted it everywhere in app.

[Aakash_Hangargi]

The app sees the probability of question how it will gain popularity and they post it as great

[it2ly]

@Aakash_Hangargi This is based on gender roles.. not actually anything to do with the brain at all...

[Aakash_Hangargi]

@it2ly it's proven that women do judge things emotionally more than logically and what it has to be gender role its about human behaviour

[it2ly]

@Aakash_Hangargi Actually its proven that men are more emotional then women.
Women are seen as more emotional ONLY because society allows them to be. This comes from toxic masculinity where men are told not to cry and have to repress it. Im sure if a man was raised to care more about feelings and emotions, then he would care about emotions more then logic.

There is no need to make assumptions because this is based on generalizations and experience.
For example, my brother was raised exactly like how I was raised. He was more emotional than me, he liked dolls, he was given dolls. I was given dolls and I hated them, I didn't want to nurture or care. This caused me growing up to care more about logic over empathy.

A lot of it depends on personality but if you are dividing it based on gender, then it depends on how boys and girls are raised so differently. If we let men express themselves and let them cry, then both men and women would be preferring logic over emotions or emotions over logic, but it wouldn't depend on gender stereotypes, it would depend on personality.

[Aakash_Hangargi]

@it2ly agreed about generalisation but if something is to be measured there requires a standard or generalisation there will always be few exceptions, true fact is society itself is biased and wants to see opposite of a person in them which his not

[Nik1hil]

Women are variables..
Trying to find any constant value in them is AN ACT OF STUPIDITY!
They are variables that's what makes them mysterious!..
If you meet a women and talk she will temporarily have a constant value.. So you need to play according to them.
But if you meet them second time..
Her value is entirely different and you need to change your game accordingly..

Sometimes you need to take charge and dominate them... Other time just silently surrender when they set you up to loose!..

Steven Hawking being astrophysics champ looked for constant values and failed badly..

[Regmorus]

Because he never investigated women that much and that accurately like he did with the universe. If he would have done a serious research likewise on them he wouldn't say anything like that. All the humans are simple to the core, the very most at least. And surely they would have been very easy to figure out for him if he would have had real interest in doing that.

Or maybe the reason is even that he just followed the cliche thinking without much thought by this one, since it never women as topic never were of much interest for him.

[Apple1996]

I think everyone is difficult to understand regardless of their gender. I've never met one human on this earth that was easy to understand. I've spend 7 years with my husband and I'm still learning new things about him every day.
I always take huge offense when men say this about women. We ain't some puzzle that you gotta solve

[Apple1996]

And obviously he said this cause he probably never got with many girls

[Djaay]

And neither are men a puzzle that women need to solve or change.

[Apple1996]

@Djaay I have to disagree with that. Everyone is constantly changing. You have to change for the situation you're in. Some guys like to think they can act the same way they were when they were single and that will obviously cause a lot of issues

[Djaay]

Personal character and personality never change for the worst in a good person. And besides that predisposition , a good person will never host a negative notation on another person's character just for shits and kicks. Deception , concision , lies , ulterior motives , dishonesty and distrust create mystery. With that in mind , I'll disagree greatly..

[purplepoppy]

He was a wheelchair bound cripple incapable of all but the slightest twitches unable to speak a word. Yet he got more pussy than all of GAGs whingeing incels combined.

[Hinky]

Cause he never got laid. It's kinda like me saying "nuclear physics, it is a complete mystery." I never picked up a book on it, but by choice. Unfortunately for him, he was put in his position by fate. And having all the same hormones that any one of us horny bastards has, and not being able to get laid, that shit will fuck with even the brightest mind.

Fact is women aren't a mystery at all. You make sure your best friend, and I do mean your BEST friend is a woman, you marry her. After that, through thick and thin she will be by your side. At least that's my experience.

[lokeshdh00]

Because the scientist was genius in physics but foolish in social.
Its simple - girls are more soft, more sensitive ( atlest major girls) , And al last they are human too. Few friends i had, i never understood them, its because i dont know how they grow up, whats they think. Different people have different opinions on different things.

Dont be mad by taking it specifically with women.

One more thing, you might have certain ideology with the word women/girl/female. and when you met some girl and se doesn't met your ideas with women you think that the girls are weird.

[arabgoddess]

He simply doesn't understand feelings and emotions.. Lot of men who are into IT and physics, can't relate to human emotions especially from a women. I've met a few and it's just so obvious. I don't expect much from these types of men, they are what they are 👍

[Aakash_Hangargi]

Why IT?

[Silverio_Stieger]

https://youtu.be/T0ngrPB9Bx8

[arabgoddess]

@Askash_Hangargi I know a few intelligent IT males... They even tell me that their brains can only think of codes and programing.

[Unit1]

A woman gave me a very good advice.

You should not understand women. You should just love them.

And I agree to that for the most part.

[SourabhMore]

By the way that's what even he said when he stopped being curious about this question.🙂

[Unit1]

Then it's an easy working method.

[lumos]

Because having a high IQ doesn't automatically mean that your EQ (emotional intelligence) is on the same level.

[Aakash_Hangargi]

Agreed, but you guys have to work on less detailing facts for obvious things..

[Levin]

Girl, you killing it!

[it2ly]

@Aakash_Hangargi Thats everyone. Everyone has to work on that

[Aakash_Hangargi]

@it2ly I meant like while complaining and all in such way we understand the problem in two statements, but still keep on venting on description of the problem or issue

[it2ly]

@Aakash_Hangargi I think since women are allowed to express their emotions more and femininity is seen as weaker. Then from birth women are raised to be more caring and more feeling like.
And men are told not to. Also women are seen as weaker... so they want to clarify themselves constantly and validate themselves more often when argueing or sharing facts.

They wanna be detailed because women are more likely to be insecure due to being raised to care about emotions and they will obsess over details.

[Aakash_Hangargi]

@it2ly noe this I completely agree with you but I am not sure if like most population think women as weak sex, but I have seen with my own eyes when issues come how women try to utilise the weaker sex card and not at all professional if some one thinks women are weak it is because of women itself they have the power of upbringing a child so if right values are provided at that time at least 40% of problem will be solved in gender equality

[Aakash_Hangargi]

I know women have more restraints than men because for only there protection a women's mind is like wild and free if there were no high emotions value it would have been fine but women love soon fall for soon and it makes a deep impact on them its tough to bring women out of depression once they hit bottom because they take it to there heart

[Anonymous]

I don't know because women are easy to understand...
Take the mind of an entitled spoiled child and you have females.

Compare the two...
- They can't make decisions on their own.
- Can't handle basic criticism.
- Uses emotional manipulation to get what they want.
- Throw tantrums when they don't get their way.
- Run to authority figures when they are losing a fight.
- Reduce arguments to shaming tactics and name calling when losing.
- Easily emotional over nothing.
- Gets overly attached easily.
- Go out in public dressed in ridiculous outfits without basic shame or consequence.
- Can't accept responsibility for their decisions and actions. (*ex: drunken sex is always the guys fault)
- Life is all about "fun" and being in the moment.
- Love dress up, make believe, makeup, etc.
- Believes in fairytales

The list goes on.

[LoU_Hades]

Why have all 'unlucky' men the desire to understand women?

If they are nice and want you happy, satisfy their needs... if they annoy and try to hurt you, go away.

[Daniel3035]

Because he's a very clever man and I understand what he means a man who can predict anything yet women are unpredictable and simple. He's not wrong in the slightest, and no woman can disagree because no woman has intellect like his can already see exactly what he's talking about "duh not every woman is the same" "you have to be dumb to not understand 3 billion people" examples of exactly what he was talking about.

[jgirl99]

To be a little misogynistic and sexist? I don't know but I am getting sick of all these borderline offensive questions/polls about women and how we're not good enough and need to better ourselves for the sake of men.

[Hunter7754]

I dont see how its sexist to point out how women are confusing and its impossible to understand them

[scooogy]

@jgirl99 you're rather too good for us :)

[Aaron_Stone]

Its just appreciation towards popular belief.
No one can know how that person is unless they are honest about their feelings. That is most likely case with women.
Women try to avoid mental conflict/changing their opinion ,
by making drama and other emotional tactics.
Try arguing with feminists you will know what I mean 😅

[Aaron_Stone]

Feminists show extreme version of women's thought process while arguing.

[Aaron_Stone]

"No one can understand mind unless that mind speaks what it thinks with honesty."
quote : Aaron_Stone

😆😂😂

[Levin]

Actually, women are easy to understand. It's just that some, if not many, men are emotionally retarded.

[ClearSea]

This should've been my senior quote 😂

[Levin]

@ClearSea Hard time with men? :)

[ClearSea]

Lol yes

[Silverio_Stieger]

Ladies, why do you often prefer sympathy over solutions? ↗

[Aakash_Hangargi]

Because they like it venting it seems its a process for them they vent for couple of hours them relax then think of solution then resolve problem
This what she said

[potatoiswhoiam]

Even women can't understand women so I'd trust this brilliant man with that.

[_gigi18]

Because women don't even understand women. As any woman who's been with a girl and they'll tell you it's really confusing. I mean we understand the logic once the other girl explains it but we're still a bit confused

[Djaay]

It's difficult to drive through confusion , concision and deception , lies secrecy and evil notations , but men and women aren't mysterious.

[Dazed0N0Confused]

Because we think differently than men. And I think both men and women think this about the opposite sex

[it2ly]

Can I have some factual evidence on how we think differently to men exactly?
I still don't get that... if you have some links about the brain difference that be much appreciated...

Like that one about men being strategist... but can't you argue that if a woman grew up with video games then they would also be a strategist..

Most of the differences I've seen have been based on gender roles more than the actual functionality of the brain.

[GloriaMc]

Because women are made exactly to be mysterious 😂😜

[Djaay]

No , because women were made from man and for man. Spiritually , a woman is very easy to figure out. Who do you think she's following. Women genrally complain about they're husbands , but look who married him. Just realize who's voice she honors or honors in totalality.
As a defensive tactic , deception is her favorite thing towards inclusive mystery of herself to others. But seriously , women are predictable in many ways that even she can't see through her own defensive smoke cloud therefore she reminds herself thst others must not be able to understand her either.

[GloriaMc]

Really? Woman is made from man so now men has a womb? Good god save us from pain

[Samie_the_peanut]

Men are made from women in fact 🤭.
If you look at the gestation of a fetus/baby in the womb you see that it goes from a female development first and then with the hormones and instructions in your dna decides to place things in some manner or another. Men and women aren't this biologically different to be honest and that's why in the same species they are able to play with some hormones to change ovaries to testes and vice versa.
Your God thingy doesn't explain anything and is totally biased 🙌

[Djaay]

The both of you are twisted. Your both wrong.

[Samie_the_peanut]

Says the man who twist the sayings of a invisible being in the sky he can't even contact to verify his sayings.
Scientifically you are wrong Djaay.
Your priests don't study the world around them to come to conclusion, they study their own thoughts and books.
I mean philosophy is the basis of big discoveries but it isn't the truth in itself.

[Djaay]

Science has never once proved anything. And there's a big reason for it. You mention I can't contact my spiritual belief , you're wrong... the Holy spirit is always a sign of proof that it's there answering my prayers. Maybe not yours. But it's there answering mine usually. I dont belive in philosophy and neither does GOD of the Bible. I'm not religious either. With this in mind , you were saying?

[Samie_the_peanut]

Well then, drop your phone if sciences does nothing, the presence of your phone in your hands contradicts what you are saying because it is a product of scientific progress.
"I'm not religious but I have religious beliefs"
Stop contradicting yourself sheep

[Djaay]

Science at most , might discover something or concisely explain our own discovery of it , but it never proves anything. I haven't contradicted anything... your own misunderstanding is being challenged though you haven't proved anything otherwise especially through sciencetific notation.

[Samie_the_peanut]

Well then, how do you prove you are human then if it is without any bit of science, how do you prove how electronics works, how do you prove biology is a thing?

[Samie_the_peanut]

You are the one who is taking something that has no basis in reality to try to tell me I don't make sense "my holy spirit tells me that" versus me that base my conversation on a science that take the real and material, decompose it and recompose it to explain how it works and to create and discover

[Samie_the_peanut]

Gestation of fetuses/babies have been observed more than a couple of times and that's how it happens

[Djaay]

Women were made from men for men. Biologically , all babies are formed into female and some into male from a female starting point. But your mixing creation with evolution and the two are not the same. Creation and spirit are together as science and evolution are together. Biology aside is a fact discovered not created through science.

[Samie_the_peanut]

"All babies are formed into female and some into male from a female starting point"
That's what I was saying
Discovered facts can be used to create medication or technology.

[Samie_the_peanut]

You saying earlier that women come from men is totally false

[SourabhMore]

I disagree with the point that women are made for men, women are just born and they want to live life, they are not born for men. However it is very interesting to see women are so unpredictable, because of this men face issues, it was very difficult for me to handle three break ups and apart from the fact that girls have a lot of options and they actually got other boy friends very quickly, there is nothing that one could predict why my ex GF's left me, all guys were shocked to hear my story, as I never mistreated anyone and out of the three ex GF's two were madly in love with me.

[Djaay]

No it's not !! Eve was made from Adam to be his helper. Still yet , a male is biologically formed from a female selectively from a spiritual standpoint. I realize this is spiritually hard for nonbelievers to swallow, although truth is truth regardless of disbelief.

[Samie_the_peanut]

History is written by winners and they lie on many things, autochthonous nations gave of parcels of their territory? More like they were killed for it.
It is your beliefs but don't push on me things that are not observable.

[Djaay]

What th are you talking about?

[Samie_the_peanut]

Adam and Eve is as much of a fable than Robin hood, did they exist? Did everything in their story really happened?

What are you doing of Lilith too? She was demonised because she didn't want to be seen as lesser than Adam. I don't follow beliefs that demonise normal comportements.

[Samie_the_peanut]

Adam and Eve we cannot observe if they truly lived, we don't have their bones or anything for that matter. Hence their existence is not observable.

[SourabhMore]

Guys why are we going in the past, let's just stick to the question, why is it difficult to predict what a women truly wants?

[Samie_the_peanut]

Cause you are not in the head of the person in question and that culturally women and men are taught different, are socialised differently and that holyfuck I can't know what's in that guy's head.
As a bi woman I find it easier to get on with other women than with men. I can't guess what they think and that's terrifying to me.
There is a lot of other reasons too. The rift culturally created between sexes is one big reason

[Djaay]

A person has difficulty knowing those who dont know themselves or they're true idenity. Backwards anthology in life creates a persons thought process to project themselves backwards to others. (You have to love yourself first to love others ) is wrong , ( loving others first teaches us how loved from others we are ) . We discover how we are then appreciated of another at that point. Those who justify otherwise aren't nessesarly onetouch with themselves as they wished they were.

[GloriaMc]

Hahahaha @Samie_the_peanut lets give it all to the man see how they do all the work hahaha 😂😂😅😂😅

[GloriaMc]

And to the person here who talked about break ups for god sakes Don't you know about nothing last forever when you let someone in your life be ready and prepared because love life is not all about bed of roses I'm sure you know that. by the way sorry for your lost better luck next time for having a woman by your side that is really belongs to you.

[TripleAce]

I mean... he's a good dude... but to be fair - he probably doesn't understand women all that much
on the other hand, Chad and Brad understand women really well lol...

[White_Widow]

Our physiology might be able to be calculated, but our brain can't. Hence, we are a complete mystery.