Brain Obstacles

In her scientific work Sex Differences in the Brain Kimura analysis several key differences that cause men and women to excel in various tasks and jobs due to naturally occurring phenomenon in the body and

In the book the male brain, the author makes a point that there are many differences between boys and girls ; its all about the brain and hormones that makes the differences. "Hormones can determine what the brain is interested in doing. Their purpose is to help guide social, sexual, mating, parenting, protective and aggressive behaviors (Brizendine)" . Men were born to be different than girls ; ever since a boy is born without the influence and pressure by surrounding, boys can act different than girls naturally. The author of The Make Brain has developed nine topic regarding to the male brain. The nine topic consist of The Boy Brain, The Teen Boy Brain, The Mating Brain, The Brain below the belt, The Daddy Brain,

Gender is often related to how we are perceived and how we are expected to think and act, usually due to the way that society is organized, and in fact has little to do with our biological differences. Feminist Sociologist Ann Oakley states ‘most of the debate about gender differences is angled at proving that women are/are not different from men, rather than proving that men are/are not different from women. If this facts needs explaining, it is enough to point out the bias of our culture is still patriarchal…’ (Oakley,

Also, in her article, Bonomo states, “males possess on average more than six times the amount of gray matter related to general intelligence than females, while females have nearly ten times the amount of white matter related to intelligence than do males. One part of a male’s brain, the inferior parietal lobe, is larger than a female’s and is involved in spatial and mathematical reasoning, skills that boys tend to perform better than girls” (Bonomo, 2010); whereas, girls tend to perform better than boys in verbal and written language. Furthermore, “in 2007 a longitudinal study conducted by the National Institutes of Health demonstrated consistent sex differences in the speed of the brain’s maturation (Lenroot et al. 2007). It also showed that boys’ brains develop differently than girls’

This study was conducted in order to observe the amount or gray matter or “thinking matter” within the brain. Out of the 116 areas of the brain being discerned, they are based on a spectrum. The spectrum ranges from a “female-end” to a “male-end”. This spectrum proved the varying areas and amounts of gray matter to be generally feminine or masculine. Oddly enough, the results proved both sexes to have a “patchwork quilt of masculine and feminine features” (Cool, 2017). Out of the 1400 subjects only 86 had consistently single-sex traits. This studied proved the brain to not have a distinct gender category or

Men in many cases have larger brains than women, but through neurological research it was concluded that the reason men have larger brains is because generally they are larger in size Brain size though, is linked with intelligence and maturity (Edmonds). An article written by Molly Edmonds, who is a graduate of Emory University with a major in creative writing and political science, took consciousness in the differences between the male and female brain. Edmonds included in her article a study from Harvard University that stated, “Certain parts of the brain were differently sized in males and females, which may help balance out the overall size difference. The study found that parts of the frontal lobe..the limbic cortex..were larger in women. In men, the parietal cortex..amygdala...were larger” (Edmonds para.2). This research is proving the differences between the female and male brain. The frontal lobe and limbic cortex is larger in females, which plays a very big role in proving the superiority of the female brain. The frontal lobe is responsible for decision-making and problem-solving, while the limbic cortex is responsible for regulating emotions. On the other hand, in men the parietal cortex and amygdala is larger. The parietal cortex is involved in space perception and the amygdala is in

The result of this case show that girl tend to increase its superior ability to the 3D image but show a reduction in the male, which this is to point out that normal male will have more of this ability than normal female because these hormones are availed in male. Even so, Virginia argued that this may be true but does not proved that it’s the case to the rest of male population. Wolpet use the perspective from the development psychologist Uta Frith, which supporting the argument that both gender do not have same neural mechanism. The agreement that “… neural and hormonal sex differences can interact to eliminate or create behavioral differences.” (Valian, 2014) The author argued that Wolpert, did not included the implications of social and political factors inherent in transnational difference, like China that have much higher percentage of women in engineering than the United States. Wolept claiming that empathy mark the difference between genders and so as a reason male’s dominance in

It has been found that there is little to no difference on cognitive ability based on sex (Hakim, 2006). How, then, have these ideas about femininity remained in popular discourse? It is argued that the schemas that are developed from birth, which influence initial reactions and the perception

Scientific research has shown there are inherent differences in how the brain develops in males and females (Sax, 2010). According to a study done at the National Institute of Health, a female brain uses less brain tissue but functions more efficiently by connecting different parts of the brain; males have larger brains and use more grey matter, but both solve problems equally well (Sax, 2010). According to the video, childhood brain development in girls is faster and finely attuned to the senses, like hearing, seeing and smelling. By age 12, girls excel in language skills but the area of the brain that processes spatial relationships used in geometry is not yet fully developed. In boys at age 12, their brains are approximately three years behind girls in developing language skills but ahead of female brains in spatial relationships and mathematical reasoning. When girls struggle with math because their brain development isn’t advanced enough to assimilate the logical and spatial reasoning, they believe they aren’t good at math. Educators often validate this belief by telling boys they will be good at math and telling girls they will excel in writing and language. These stereotypes have been around for a long time and without properly educating society, parents and educators, gender stereotypes will

An area of the brain that is generally larger in males than females illustrates this point. “Scientists working at Johns Hopkins University, recently reporting in the ‘Cerebral Cortex’ scholarly journal, have discovered that there is a brain region in the cortex, called inferior-parietal lobule (IPL)” (Renato M.E. Sabbatini, PHD). Essentially:

As the brain functions, the gray matter of the brain (cell bodies of nerve cells) are utilized seven times more in guys than their female counterparts while the other side of the spectrum shows that the girls utilize almost ten times more white matter (long filaments of nerve cells) than guys do. What’s fascinating is that women have a higher percentage of gray matter in their brains while guys have a higher percentage of white matter in their brains. What exactly does this means? Well, grey matter is the process center of information and action that are located in different parts of the brain. Gray matter can be seen as somewhat of like tunnel vision when it comes to guys doing specific tasks. When involved in a task, guys don’t show much or any sensitivity to their

Nonetheless, there are also environmental factors, or so-called social factors. What drew my attention the most is that it is not genuinely known what makes such distinction between men and women, nature or nurture. Where nurture takes on a huge role that kind of teaches individuals through life experiences. The video indicated that most of the neural connections were seen during adulthood. In a way children start to make connections by watching others and mimicking the same act and as they grow older they start making life decisions based on learned experiences. In a way these experiences help guide the individual on how they think when solving a problem or

I believe from the research I have done, that yes, females and males have different parts and chemicals going on in the brain, but that it is more influenced by their surroundings, such as parents, teachers, peers and even stereotypes. All that is said, affects the brain, but I do not think that is rooted

This article brings to question why humans place such a big emphasis on gender. I wonder if this is a learned behavior or if it is something that we are born with. I always assumed that gender was something that was always such a big deal. As young children gender is given a great deal of importance. We are told to line up according to our gender, our whole wardrobe is decided based on our gender, and our names can be very gender specific. I think that part of the

The nineteenth century saw the start of the scientific debate in which brain size was presumed to indicate intelligence. Which in turn lead some scientists to the conclusion that men, having on average a larger brain size than women, may be more intelligent.