The Science of The Sexes: Diagnosing Our Differences

EXCERPT FROM CLUTCH MAGAZINEONLINE.COM ~ Man and Woman: Two halves of a whole that form humankind. One cannot exist without the other, but at times it is our intrinsic, but essential differences that cause us to feel locked in a co-dependent alliance filled with anguish and frustration. Countless authors, “relationship experts” and random intimacy Guru’s have profited off of our desire to understand (or merely learn to tolerate) members of the opposite sex. One financially successful franchise went so far as to imply that men and women are from two totally different planets, Mars & Venus.A thought provoking article titled Human Hardware: Men And Women takes a scientific look at some key differences between the two sexes that could possibly explain the eternal struggle men and women face in trying to form a sometimes uneasy union.According to one particular study, there are distinct differences between the male and female brain. Scientists at UC – Irvine found that males have 6.5 times more grey matter in their dome than females, while women have 10 times more white matter than the fellas:“Gray matter is the raw processing material of the brain, and white matter connects the processing centers. That means that men’s brains have a little more horsepower, but women’s brains are better connected. Consequently, men can focus better on tasks that require raw manipulation of data, and women are better at pulling information for multiple sources and synthesizing it. [In addition] the researchers found no significant differences in general intelligence between men and women. Although our brains are wired differently, they seem to work equally well.” CONTINUE READING...