Men's Brains, Women's Brains

So this week we have been discussing the difference in the male and female genders. Something that I always find interesting is the diference in our brain structures and the way we respond to emotions and situations. So here is a clip that explains a little bit about it. We really are quite different in this area and once we understand that it makes communication a bit easier! Here are some examples from my textbook on the differences of men and women that I found to be interesting. “Both men and women have some of the same fundamental needs: survival, self esteem, intimacy, and growth. Both need the sense of having some control over their lives. Both need to achieve. Both need recreation.”


“Men and women differ in their attention span, their aspirations, amount they smile, vulnerability to disease, life expectancy, structure and functioning of the brain, attitudes on social issues, and sexual interests.”

“Women are more stressed than men when work demands and family demands conflict."

"Females appear to be more skilled than males in maintaining quality interaction. Women do much of the work in starting and maintaining conversations.”

“Men indicated higher levels of emotional closeness with female than with male friends. Men are more comfortable discussing personal matters with females than with other males.” These are just things that I found interesting between the two genders.

There was something that was also brought up in class at a conference held by our president here at school shared by another student. The questioned asked to President Clarke was what do you do with children that have gone astray and the answer he gave was one that makes a lot of sense. It was something along these lines. When children have gone astray it is better for the father to make the choices for that child and their situation, because to the father it is another task to complete or problem to be solved and they can focus just on that issue and deal with it. It’s just another box to be pulled out and looked at singly. For the mother she looks at the situation and feels that she has failed in life because of the child’s strayed path. When she really has not failed at anything but it’s just the way she perceives it. She is more emotionally attached to her children than the father, because it is what her life revolves around. To me it makes total sense because the mother would want to know where she went wrong when the father would just look at the problem right their in front of them and try to solve it, not looking at the past.