Are women always emotional while men are always logical?

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I was on YouTube and there was this video that says "Women can't use logic cause they are too emotional." The guys in the comments said that women are incapable of using logic that they are dumb they can't do math or engineering. and women belong in the kitchen. Women have the mentality of a child. We can't make rational choices and only men can put aside their feelings to think objectively. One guy said that if his house burned down then he would think as a man should logically and say oh well time to move on to a new house therefore men are deemed logical while women would spend the month crying about the house that they can't get back... What do you men think?

Regmorus · Accepted Answer

It's a tendence, that indeed exists, but no way a rule. There were female scientists in the history of course, there were female philosophers.

That is very sad, that I don't remember all the names of them, but to list some examples.

In ancient Greece a woman with name... had inherited and has led sucessfully the pythagorean school after Pythagoras death.

By development of the calculations for the first mission of moon landing some black women with names... had the most major influence and role by doing maths and by supporting the mission with computational engine calculations.

Sofia Kovalevskaja was a renown russian mathematician

Marie Curie doesn't need special introduction I guess.

The new scientific studies show furthermore that in ability to apply logical thinking or to learn taken alone there is no difference between female and male brain. The only difference that is significant in the context is the inclination of women to be more emotional and to concentrate less, that is, in my opinion, indeed extant if we take the average case.

MountAverage · Accepted Answer

No, that's ridiculous douchebaggery. Anyone who believes women "can't use logic" is ironically extremely ignorant and clearly an emotionally biased misogynist. And men who go on and on about how oh so rational they supposedly are, are nothing but cringy, obnoxious smartasses who get super easily triggered. There's a user on here with the username "RationalMale". Could he be any cringier? "Look at me I'm a MAN! That's why I'm so RATIONAL! I'm so rational it makes me super MANLY!!!" Criiingyyyy...
And just to be clear, many women also perpetuate this by agreeing.

victoriaxoxo · Accepted Answer

I used to think that when I was younger but life has taught me otherwise. Seriously, I have a grudge against all those films that taught me that men are logical and cold. I spent my late teens/early adulthood treating guys quite badly because I expected them to rationalise everything and not have emotion. I was thrown off to see that most guys I met actually made a lot of stupid, irrational decisions. Most of them also expressed emotion way more often than me. They cried, they hit things, they raged. To me that was just crazy, it was nothing like movies. I used to find it fascinating and just stare at a guy if he started crying or raging. But luckily, slowly I grew aware that these ideas of what men should be like are unrealistic and grew sympathetic to men having feelings. I still sometimes struggle coming to terms with how emotional men are, especially when it comes to expressing that emotion surplus in violence/anger. But at least I don’t expect them to act like robots and treat them much better than before.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Then let those guys live in a world with no emotion. If something tragic happens then shame them for showing even a small amount of emotion.

MrOracle · Answer

That's a generalization, and an exaggerated one at that, but there's obviously a lot of truth it it as well. It's no secret that women are much more emotional than men ON AVERAGE, and more likely to become emotional about even minor problems. The plus side is that women have much more empathy than men generally do, which is why they are better at caring for (domesticated) animals and children - and why that was "women's work" for many thousands of years, and why "men's work" consisted of the dangerous stuff and the hard physical labor.

Men have always needed to control their emotions - if you start crying or panic while, say, hunting dangerous game, or working in a mine, or during dangerous construction, or while attacking an enemy in battle, well, you probably won't live long enough to reproduce, and so the men who could contain their emotions tended to be the ones who passed on their genes.

Obviously, there have always been exceptions: a small percentage of women who were more logical and less emotional, and a small percentage of men who were the opposite. Women rarely were part of militaries, but we certainly know there were a few who were, and had success.

In the last few generations, there has been much less need, on average, for men to be so universally tough, and for women to be universally emotional, and so you're starting to see more tough women and emotional men than we used to. Still, the generalization remains largely true that women are much more emotional than men, while men tend to be more logical and practical. Like any generalization, there will be exceptions.

lumos · Answer

No. Men are also capable of being emotional and behaving in illogical ways, and women are capable of thinking logically, too. What I don't understand is why people assume that being emotional goes hand in hand with being emotional?

I can be a pretty emotional person. I don't mind showing my emotions, whether I'm happy, sad, frustrated, angry, apathetic... having and showing a wide range of emotions doesn't mean that I'm not capable of thinking logically. Example: I've had a couple of arguments with my boyfriend. The both of us have gotten emotional. The both of us have cried during said arguments. It has felt intense. But the both of us have also been capable of taking a step back from the argument. Once we've talked it out and said what we felt like we needed to get said, we've been able to move on. We've still clearly been processing the argument internally, it's not like flipping a switch and going from sadness to happiness in a second just because we both decided to stop arguing. But we've also come to the conclusion that this argument is not something that should destroy our relationship, and that we should do our best to simply go back to normal.

Ergo, we were both emotional and logical at the same time. If anything, I think a balance is needed in order to be truly logical. You need to be able to understand your own emotions (and other people's emotions) in order to make informed and logical decisions. Likewise, not understanding your own emotions (or even trying to suppress them) means that you might end up making some really damaging and illogical decisions.

I think of it as yin and yang. You can't be logical without understanding emotions, and you can't be emotional in a healthy and safe way without being logical about it.

sensible27 · Answer

To some degree that is true but not to the extent you are describing. It's more precise and accurate to say more men are logical and more logical than woman are logical. I recently had a question trying to probe why is the number billionaire and their ratio largely skewed (or biased) towards woman (or against). There were no answers that I would really regard as insightful. My perception as to why it is, is that men have had an inherent evolutionary tendancy built into them to try and have more accurate perspection of reality (smart in modern terms) while also bieng active to some extent while there was not that much of a requirement in woman. What gets incentivized it is what eventually happens (if you give enough time). As to why such a tendency was developed I presume it's because how reproduction works in humans, note : while most of the reproductive burden is on the woman it is more rational for her to be or act troubled by losing the/a partner thus she is more emotional and would like a 'stable' partner to provide at least within that period/timeframe of child bieng born and bieng in the period where it is unable to protect itself while it is in the incentive of a male to jump as many partners as possible and for that he has to survive in an actively hostile environment which required smarts. The people who were able to reproduce the mosf also survived the longest which took the most smarts while similar behaviour was not really necessary or accessable or even an option to a female/woman/girl as bieng in a tough situation while in the reproductive scenario basically meant a death sentence, she couldn't afford to reject thus also the probable reason for bieng submisive and nor the human reproductive system evolving to a better degree to give her shorter periods for reproduction.

emmily2396 · Answer

Only people who can't comprehend complex things feel the need to treat groups of people according to their generalisations. Your biological gender isn't an indicator of anything that can be inside your head. Sure, women and men may tend to have a bit different personalities due to hormones. The way you were raised as a child has an influence as well. However, "tend" and "are" have different meanings. The first one talks about a great number of the individuals from having specific caracteristics, the second one implies all of them are like that.
Also, being more emotional and empathetic doesn't make you stupid as those are indicators of high interpersonal intelligence. Men aren't smarter than women in general, they just tend to have different types of intelligence proeminent compared to women. And thinking logically and being emotional aren't mutually exclusive. You can think logically and still be very emotional.
Also, men who think you belong in the kitchen aren't worth your attention unless you agree with them.

Anonymous · Answer

This is the biggest lie and not even supported by any credible research I've ever found. What they have found is that women are more in touch with their emotions. That basically means women are more self-aware, introspective, and expressive of their emotions. But even that isn't necessarily the whole story. Men are encouraged to display certain emotions and discouraged from displaying others. For example, they're known to be more violent or have angry outbursts, fight each other more than women usually do, etc. They follow the rules of what emotions are allowed for men.

But men are emotional afffff. I actually think men are more sensitive, probably due being discouraged from understanding/thinking about their emotions, in addition to some nature factors.

I've seen way too much deep insecurity, violent outbursts, anger, sadness, happiness, passion, etc. from men. These are all emotions/emotional reactions.

And most men aren't that great at logical reasoning, at least not to the point of sound logic, in my experience. They may reason through what "makes sense" to them, rather than through empathy or what not, but that's not really the same thing as "not being emotional" or being a superior logical thinker. One can have superior logic to someone like this and still express a range of emotions. Many women are like this, in my experience.

Anonymous · Answer

Sounds like a bunch of boomers holding onto old ideologies. Men and women can be equally logical OR emotional. I’ve been around plenty of whiny men and women, and it’s equally just as unpleasant.

I don't know why people still think half of this stuff they do. If you just use your head and observe human behavior, we’re all the same. We’re just conditioned to handle ourselves differently a lot of times but we all feel the same things. Some people can tolerate a lot of frustrations, some can’t, doesn’t matter the gender. Being whiny and “emotional” is not a gender specific thing.

Cherokeehp · Answer

I think women are more emotional, but only because society conditions men to not express their own. I’m sure men feel all the same feelings that we do, we just don’t express them or address them in the same ways. But just because we are more emotional doesn’t mean we’re incapable of setting our feelings aside and making logical decisions. We are definitely capable of math, engineering, and more.

Also it’s completely reasonable for someone to be upset about their home burning down. Logically speaking, it’s just a house and you can always move somewhere else. But it can be terrifying having to experience a house fire, and you could lose thousands of dollars worth of property, and I’m sure a home has some sentimental value attached to it. It’s a distressing experience.

btbc92 · Answer

That is sexist and toxic. Look around you and tell me where men today are 'rational'? They're worse than women. Very few men today have a brain just like women. Women and men are very much capable of being rational. It is a personality thing. Not a gender thing. There is nothing wrong with a woman being in the kitchen but not every woman is able to cook no matter how much education she gets. Some women like me can gravitate to engineer and create. I just don't like all the math, but I do know some math is required. I say those are men who are intimidated by women because those men are dumb and stupid. If men were logical, they wouldn't be having baby mommas and baby drama. Again, women aren't better either. But smart people are just smart, dumb do dumb, and foolish do foolishness.

NineBreaker · Answer

No. It's all about tenancies. Women tend to be more emotional than men due to brain physiology (something about the amygdala and whatnot). Add to that, the hormonal profiles of men and women have significant effects on their behaviors. On top of all of that, add the fact that societies tend to reinforce gender-prevalent behaviors.

Summary:
1. The brains of women and men are slightly different; therefore women tend to be more emotional.
2. The kind of hormones men and women have are different, and have different effects on their behavior.
3. Society encourages men and women to behave in certain ways.

Goma15 · Answer

It's a silly stereotype which has no basis except in anecdotes (and anecdotal "evidence" isn't evidence at all, because you can use it to prove anything on either side of any issue) and is not worth giving much attention to, in my opinion.

Although just fyi, I'm not saying there isn't a difference in how men and women deal with emotions on average. That's a more complex question. One that can actually be investigated by science as well, by the way. But average differences between sexes are usually smaller than individual differences within sexes (and that's actually backed up by science, unlike anecdotal bullshit).

I just hope people stop thinking in this stereotypes and start judging people as individuals. But I'm guessing that's hoping in vain.

Jjpayne · Answer

I'd say emotion is part of a girls biology. It's a myth to say all girls can't think logically based in their emotions simply based on the female scientists. Science is logic. Now I still believe each gender has a biological part to them and I think on average women do have and show more emotion than men. It's not a bad thing but where the myth comes into play is that emotions run a whole girls life and that's not true. But I am also unless on men having more logic than women but I do feel that men might have a stronger focus. I feel that women can think about many things at once where men tend focus one thing at a time and both have advantages and disadvantages to them. But that I would see more than logic

serious · Answer

I would say that is very true indeed. As a man I do think the same and that is something that I find it totally repulsive in a woman.

However, I do find certain qualities, thinking about women as appealing also. For ex, the fact that they love teddy bears indicates their sweet side, their willingness for peace and their readiness to show love and affection on things that are cute to them.

The fact that they give importance to honesty and truthfulness and also that they want a man to be honest with them, irrespective of whether the man is their friend, acquaintance or more.

Sensmind · Answer

I think there are strengths and weaknesses to both conditions. The ideal combination is somewhere in the middle. My parents were a great example, my late father was very logical, strong, get things done while my mother is very emotional, put her arms around you and let you cry, they were the perfect team in a crisis, the amount of times people turned to them for help was numerous.
I don't have total support or rejection of one or the other, I grew up seeing the advantage of having both and playing to your strengths letting a better able person do the other thing, you are not so good at.

aWes0MeNeSs · Answer

The comments section of YouTube is a cesspool. I would take pretty much anything said on there with a grain of salt.

However, it is true that women tend to be more emotional while men tend to be more logical, though there are exceptions to the rule and it's not as black and white as those people are making it out to be. Women are still capable of using logic and men still have emotions, it's just that one tends to be more dominant with a specific gender.

As for why, I think it's the way nature wired us.

As far as being too dumb to excel academically or possess the intelligence to succeed in a certain field though, I don't think that is true at all. That very much widely varies from person to person regardless of gender. I actually think genetics and upbringing, as well as access to education, have more to do with that than anything.

Dongtai · Answer

No. Both traits can be learned. It just takes some self-awareness. Most of these stereotypes are socialized. What happens if a boy cries? He’s called girly and soft. What happens if a girl is outspoken? She’s called rude and loud. Kids usually get molded into these “gender roles” before they’re able to choose who they want to be. By the time they’re able to it’s already part of their core personality. They won’t change unless they’re aware and have a desire to change.

Anyway. The guys in your video are just a product of what I just explained. They believe what they said because they were raised in a way that led them to think that way. But thoughts don’t equal reality. You decide who you want to be. Your gender doesn’t.

Spiffy_and_Tails · Answer

I'm acing my intro to deductive logic class, and I'm majoring in philosophy, so gee I sure hope I can do it.

In the class it's been about even (as far as I can tell) between boys and girls that do well vs struggle. There's even a pretty even number of boys and girls in the class in whole; maybe a few more boys, but not too many more.

If I had to guess-- which I don't-- I'd say having emotions and having mental capacity are not mutually exclusive. You can be a very emotional person and have the self awareness and self control to react rationally to a situation, provided you understand that you do not need to let an emotion control you in order to experience it.

And that being said, emotions and logical thinking are both at least in part learned behavior. They aren't, at least in their entirety, genetic or specific to either gender. If you think I'm wrong, please try and correct me.

Teyfet · Answer

No. In fact, psychologists & neurolinguists say Thought is about 99% emotional (based on love, hate, religion, etc.). All people fall prey to their emotions at times. Logic, however, is a skill that takes intelligence & an understanding of how logic works. Even intelligent people may not have a grasp of logic (for others it may come intuitively), and there are many; e. g. Ben Carson, MD. Many women are intelligent, and, if they learn logic, can use it. No one is entirely logical all the time.

jgokgotit · Answer

I definitely disagree with the youtuber. I believe both are capable of both. I do believe men rely more on cold logic and women more on feelings, but I do not believe one acts one way all the time. I've met women who stayed calm and kept me centered when I was losing my cool. I've met women who saved my ass in math, science and other logical pursuits. I've done the same for other women. I believe women are better at dealing with emotions on average while men on average are better at keeping logic at the front of their brain in trying times, but I do not believe one gender is better than the other at either one. If that makes sense.

Anonymous · Answer

Hahahahaha! No. No, not at all. In my youth, I've done some stupid shit based on emotions and seen many other guys do the same. As far as the math and engineering go, there are actually studies that show that, on average, women tend to have better math skills than men, whereas men tend to have better map-reading skills than women. Outside of that, little difference was found.

AD240pCharlie · Answer

No.
As a biological fact, then yes, the avarage woman is MORE emotional than the avarage man, and the avarage man is MORE logical than the avarage woman, but it says nothing about an individual and does not refer to everyone. Even if someone tends to be more on the emotional side than the logical one, that does not make them incapable of thinking logically in any way. Keep in mind as well that emotional reactions to things are not necessarily inferior to the logical approach, it always depends on the situation and what's needed.
Men and women are different, but the differences are not exclusive and are never absolute.

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