Are men and women really that different?

Question

I know gender is a social construct but does our biological differences have on impact on how we behave and how we think?

Jack766 · Accepted Answer

Yes, because testosterone. Testosterone is a powerful hormone that rewires the brain of the person who is lucky enough to be afflicted with it. It increases tendency to take risks, aggression, and sexual desire. It's also an anti-depressant, and boosts the immune system. It does this in all animals, not just humans. This modus operandi goes way back about a billion years or so when creatures started making males of their own species. Females have always existed. If you make a copy of yourself with your body, you're female. Males weren't really needed because the female creature simply made copies of herself, with minimal genetic mutations. But males were created later. Instead of having your population of creatures completely invested in survival and reproduction, with very little mutations to the DNA, meaning little chance for evolution, some chromosome got the bight idea it would be in a creature that would test itself against others of its own kind, creating adversity where there was none before, killing off the weaker versions of itself, and then reintroducing it's DNA back into the gene pool by mating with the regular versions, aka, females. This boosted the likelihood of getting positive mutations that would aid survival and spurred on evolution. This has been going on for a billion years leading down to now, and add to this the sophisticated human brain which brings new complexity to this method. So, I would ask not, are we really different? But, how could we not be different? And add the caveat: so we're really different, but that's ok, that's just the way we are but doesn't justify being mean to each other.

HandsomeRaj · Accepted Answer

here are some natural differences - spot them ;-) and finally :-D Nature meant it the way it is - nothing bad, everything's good ;-)

Illusive_Man · Answer

Honestly after meeting a few people I just think that the general consensus that "man and woman" are different is not because they are intrinsically different biologically speaking but more so psychologically.

"Oh , she's a woman. Better not talk to her about those topics then"
"Oh , he's a guy , he probably wouldn't understand"

and after a while the mind of both the sender and the receiver gets attuned to that state of mind and vola , you have you "Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus".

Mesonfielde · Answer

This question is slightly loaded, because yes, of course our hormonal differences cause certain differences in particular elements of behavior, but it is worth noting that our actions are influenced by values, morality, past experiences, and a fairly similar emotional system.

Therefore, while there as differences, technically the differences between two people picked at random is bigger than the average difference between males and females. We are more similar than people make themselves believe. Otherwise, how would you show empathy towards one another? Yet, if you understand your own emotional fundamentals, you will understand the same in others...

Anonymous · Answer

Men and women are very different, but considering how different our brains are, it's amazing we aren't even more different. Here's an excerpt from the scientific article linked below.

"In general, men have approximately 6.5 times the amount of gray matter related to general intelligence than women, and women have nearly 10 times the amount of white matter related to intelligence than men. Gray matter represents information processing centers in the brain, and white matter represents the networking of – or connections between – these processing centers."

www.sciencedaily.com/.../050121100142.htm

SurströmmingLover · Answer

Well there are some differences on the body and also in the way of thinking. I think that we are very different. And don't forget that women can multitask

YourFutureEx · Answer

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Heathrowguy · Answer

Guys mostly want to know straight up talk... no mind games.
When in true love u'll know and don't keep questioning if we love you?
We might look at other girls but deep down there will be only 1 girl we love.

matheus_mb · Answer

Yes, our hormones are different and make us face and behave in different ways in may points. But I see those as healthy differences, that's why both genders complete each other.

rthomas43 · Answer

Men and women are very different. Brain scans show that each sex uses their brains completely differently.

Virulent · Answer

Males and females are very different. This is especially true when you start to look at extremes such as how they handle stress and success.

david1992 · Answer

Yes, it has a great impact. For example testosterone in males can cause behaviors such as aggression. more masculine appearance, higher sexual drive etc.

Hans222 · Answer

Certainly yes... but the exact differences are so difficult to explain :-) This question is so general it's hard to answer...

Klaatu51 · Answer

the only difference between a man and a woman is, that a man has a penis and a woman has a vagina.

Anonymous · Answer

I think that men and women generally want the same things, but society makes them do different things to get to those same goals. There are some differences especially after puberty but I feel like most of the differences are actually cultural.

Jersey1 · Answer

In the Myers-Briggs type system, 75% of women are Feeling and 75% of men are Thinking. So yes, we think differently. Celebrate it, its a good thing.

jacquesvol · Answer

On some points but not that much.

kangy · Answer

yes even the way we view beauty is different too

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