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Do Men and Women Think Differently?
September 10 2016
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AnnieWhichway
8 years ago
It isn't a full blown genetic example but with my multiple personality i have/do experience/d first hand. It has settled a lot in recent times and i now only generally experience the emotional thinking difference which can at times be huge, embarrassing and unsettling. To swing from stable logical male thoughts to heart felt emotional female thoughts in a blink of an eye. Hard to explain in words and am in no way putting a negative spin on the female thought process. I prefer being that. And now that I've confused everyone as well as myself, I'll go have a think about it
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RHP User
8 years ago
I think with my heart first, every time. I believe the men in my life think with their heads first! Neither right or wrong, just different! It does cause me a great deal of distress though and at times probably puts strain on my relationships :( because what I think should be 'obvious' isn't necessarily so to my men! I'd say vice versa for them about my behaviour and expectations too! I always communicate openly though and discuss issues that arise, luckily I feel heard and we work through concerns. Mary xx
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MsSuperFoxy
8 years ago
I think we have the same thoughts and feelings, however I believe it is how it's expressed. I believe women are more into verbal, emotional expression and men more verbal practical. I also think it's how verbal messages are received, which causes confusion. I also think men get overwhelmed a lot with the verbal "feelings" talk and though processes by women. I know that (sometimes), I get frustrated, to the point, it does my head in! Ms Foxy
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social_suicide
8 years ago
Yes they think differently because men and women are "wired" differently. There are numerous studies that have detailed the way the brain works. Men connect front to back parts of the brain more strongly than women, whereas women have stronger connections left to right. Sorry but this is grade 8 stuff, its been so well documented now that there is a plethora of scientific papers you can read to confirm that there is a difference.Conditioning is complete bullshit and a femininazi myth.
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madotara69
8 years ago
Science has proven we make chemicals that identify as male, identify as female and guess what ? Men and women produce both chemicals, so it is each of us individually as to where we are on the spectrum, by the way we think.I'm in touch with my feminine side. Mado Mado Tara xx
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RHP User
8 years ago
Is not fixed,it changes due to learning , life,and experience. Do men and women think differently? I think it depends on the man,the woman and the issue. It was assumed that women were bubleheaded and didn't have the capacity to vote. It was assumed that women couldn't govern,or even enter political life. It was assumed that women couldn't be corporate leaders..two words ,Gina Rinehart It was assumed that women couldnt be great artists,writers,poets..how many poems are attributed to Anonymous? It was assumed that women couldn't be part of the armed forces,and fight on the front lines. It was assumed,even after Marie Curie that women couldn't be great scientists. And the list continues. Do men and women think differently about relationships ? Are women more emotional than men? Once again,some men are some men aren't. We are all human,we are all different Q
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Missb4u
8 years ago
I have a really good male friend and I often ask his opinion on things from lingerie to what men mean or run things past him as his take on them is so different to mine.
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RHP User
8 years ago
Quoting 'social_suicide' Yes they think differently because men and women are "wired" differently. There are numerous studies that have detailed the way the brain works. Men connect front to back parts of the brain more strongly than women, whereas women have stronger connections left to right. Sorry but this is grade 8 stuff, its been so well documented now that there is a plethora of scientific papers you can read to confirm that there is a difference.Conditioning is complete bullshit and a femininazi myth. I'm sure all the neuroscientists of the world who are still hotly debating this topic, and in which the research is still ongoing, will be delighted to know that it's actually been solved and kids in grade 8 are learning it . You do know that our brain anatomy and function is strongly affected by our physical and social environment, don't you, so just saying that male and female brains work differently doesn't refute the conditioning argument in any way (also why doesn't it surprise me at all that you would use the word 'feminazi'). For other people - google ''the conversation why can't a man think like a woman'' which is an interesting summary of some of the recent research results and interpretations, and debates going on in the neuroscience world.
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inspirit
8 years ago
However, at the end of the day both men and woman want/desire the same things in life. We just get there on different tracks in our mind. Bless them. - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
8 years ago
no, not in my world. I think like a guy, with my dick hang on I don't have one okay I think with my pussy, and I'm not kidding, it reacts easily and it's all I think about. I perv and fantasise and flirt when out in public, and always have thoughts in my mind of what I'd do to them if they approached me lol is that normal? I don't care, and I don't care about normal everyday real life stuff, it's all just conversation leading to sex
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RHP User
8 years ago
My excuse is "testosterone". - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
8 years ago
Quoting 'Luck_Dragon'Quoting 'social_suicide' Yes they think differently because men and women are "wired" differently. There are numerous studies that have detailed the way the brain works. Men connect front to back parts of the brain more strongly than women, whereas women have stronger connections left to right. Sorry but this is grade 8 stuff, its been so well documented now that there is a plethora of scientific papers you can read to confirm that there is a difference.Conditioning is complete bullshit and a femininazi myth.I'm sure all the neuroscientists of the world who are still hotly debating this topic, and in which the research is still ongoing, will be delighted to know that it's actually been solved and kids in grade 8 are learning it . You do know that our brain anatomy and function is strongly affected by our physical and social environment, don't you, so just saying that male and female brains work differently doesn't refute the conditioning argument in any way (also why doesn't it surprise me at all that you would use the word 'feminazi'). For other people - google ''the conversation why can't a man think like a woman'' which is an interesting summary of some of the recent research results and interpretations, and debates going on in the neuroscience world. I agree ... sorta... you just can't look at a slide of tissue and say "yup, no chick has dendrites like that!", or even at an fMRI. But beyond the gross morphology, the brain really is a big bunch of chemicals bouncing around - chemicals, ion channels and shuffling stuff around is literally "how we think". A brain with contents A 'thinks' a little differently to a brain with contents 'B' - and we know that there are differences in how how much of different things tend to be floating around in a male or female brain (and those things can influence the development of the brain). If you could make an exact copy of a brain, dump a different chemical mix into each one, you get different results. LD is right in saying that older theories on "male and female brains" aren't current, and it's difficult to take out conditioning because you don't get many useable foetal brains coming in to brain banks for dissection, and you don't get unconditioned babies reporting for brain imaging (much less for functional MRI studies - that's all people over 18 who've been cajoled into helping some student with a PhD project). But I think it isn't correct to say there aren't differences either - for example, female babies tend to have more grey matter in certain regions of the brain to males when they're born. Take two newborn brain, compare the TP region and you can guess which one is the female - that difference isn't likely to be due to sensing the amount of pink light reflected off their nursery contents each time Mum went in the room ;) In rats, you have differing neurogenesis in different regions, it's related to hormones - there isn't anything to suggest it wouldn't be similar in humans. But on the other hand, male or female is minor in comparison to everything that has happened to the brain later in life - the damage it's been subjected to, the stimuli it received, the health of the meatbag it is in. Are people thinking of a brain as some dehydrated bunch of cells you could just look at the tissue of and say male or female, or the whole box and dice? I think it'd be nuts to say that after a lifetime of conditioning, men and women won't tend to have different thoughts/responses to a situation, and that you couldn't make generalisations like splitting them into male/female - not saying you'd get it right all the time, but you probably could. (or are we after more "yes, I like V8's and don't get excited by shoes" type answers?) disclaimer: I'm not a neuroscientist... but I do go to their conferences (fun fact: the vestibular system in chinchillas fires back to the brain at random intervals, it's more energy efficient, who knew! I think it was just an excuse to say chinchilla frequently)
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RHP User
8 years ago
Quoting 'S_OnTheLoose' But I think it isn't correct to say there aren't differences either I didn't say there aren't differences in brain anatomy and physiology of the genders - as you mention it's been confirmed that there are. It's the causes and effects of those differences that is the really interesting and debatable side of things.
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RHP User
8 years ago
there are a few neuroscientists who believe that there aren't any innate differences in the brain structure of the genders even from birth and it's all from environmental factors. Even with what we know now about how much environmental factors can influence foetus development I'm not sure I hold with that view...I think there is a certain level of difference between the brains of the genders that is just down to 'basic biology', then come in all the other environmental factors.
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RHP User
8 years ago
even though it may sound very simple and primal. My opinion is that men and women are wired differently because I experience examples of this every day.It seems to me that in general, men are the hunter/gatherers and women are the carer/nurturers of the species so that results in them thinking and behaving differently.
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RHP User
8 years ago
Quoting 'Luck_Dragon' there are a few neuroscientists who believe that there aren't any innate differences in the brain structure of the genders even from birth and it's all from environmental factors. Even with what we know now about how much environmental factors can influence foetus development I'm not sure I hold with that view...I think there is a certain level of difference between the brains of the genders that is just down to 'basic biology', then come in all the other environmental factors. I'm thinking that the key word here is "environment" and what they're meaning by that - 'environment' being 'the real world'... or the cellular environment? (for babies before they're exposed to blue blankies and hanging mobiles with trucks or fairies and into paths that tickle different types of learning)I'd say a neuron is a neuron and given environment of chemical A,B,C it will do X. Nobody seems to worry about the sex of the brain they're chopping up, or what sex was the meatbag holding the cells on a slide, in one of the lectures on olfactory bulb work a couple weeks ago someone asked whether they'd noticed any difference between men and women - no care given, a receptor was a receptor, male/female is almost a view from too high up, because they're concerned about the chemicals in the system. None of the modelling talks mention it either, AFAIK cells don't behave differently because they're inherently male/female, any difference is because they're in a male/female environment aka body - which I don't know if that's what you mean by "basic biology"? (though I think we've gone a bit low level over what the OP originally meant - I wouldn't mind if Peachy clarified a bit on where she was aiming with the topic. I don't think neurons 'know' if they're in a male or female meatbag, but "I" do... and now it sounds like a topic for highschoolers when they're baked off their chops :p )
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AnnieWhichway
8 years ago
If men and women think the same, would it then not matter what body we have?. Hence the problem when we feel we are the wrong gender. Because we think differently and need the physical attributes to match our thoughts.
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RHP User
8 years ago
Quoting 'S_OnTheLoose' which I don't know if that's what you mean by "basic biology"? Was meaning brain structural differences at the more macro level - sizes of the different regions etc. I think you're getting a bit too in depth there for me S
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RHP User
8 years ago
i.e. inherent as opposed to environmentally-caused, probably a very big simplification and not the correct neuroscientific terminology but the inherent part is what I really meant by 'basic biology'.
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compressor
8 years ago
in the end we all want to be happy and enjoy every bit of life either male or female
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Sawadee
8 years ago
Man is indeed the hunter and Women the nurturer. Testosterone sees to that. We're definitely wired differently . I love the softness of a woman and apparently women like the hardness of a man.. Hardness as in muscle that is , although not dismissing the other hardness... lol..
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RHP User
8 years ago
I did try to start a reply last night but I didn't want to bore you all. As usual I had the struggle of who I wanted to reply to and not leave anyone out, realising that my reply can get stilted. I didn't want to interrupt the flow of the conversation either. :-) I disagree with you Social_Suicide that it is a simple answer by any stretch of the imagination. :-) I think my thought patterns lean towards the masculine, like you a bit, I touch. I thought your post Luck with the, "Why can't a man think like a woman" @ The Conversation was a great example for what I was thinking of, when I posted. The rats in the maze that was a part of that article reminded me of your post Inspirit that we might go about it different ways but we get there. You were a definite reply to Annie. You are the fly in the ointment for the idea that it is our body/brain that forms where we come from. I hoped you would contribute more here. Same but different is something I learned from a counselor that appealed to me that we are made up of 3 parts. The child, the adult and the parent, it is when they are in synch that we are at our most complete. I don't of course expect to get any idea that is The One because I agree with you Q that we are all different. Like you and your friend MissB that you rely on for his manly point of view. That was cool. And your experiences Mary, :-) Let me throw a spanner in the works that we might think differently about the question because of the way we think as a man, woman or gender divided etc. I find that delightful. Peachy
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