Differences between the Human Male and Female

Since the beginning of time there has been a distinct division between the sexes. Through sheer definition there is a physical difference between the two but as time has passed there has been an indisputable recognition of the differences in personality and cognition. There are also undeniable differences in the life experiences had by the two sexes that

Over the course of history, men and women have be faced with a communication barrier. The differing communication skills between men and women present challenges that can lead to foreseeable problems in relationships. These problems arise out of differing purposes, styles, traits, and emotions that accompany communication between the two sexes. Unless an understanding is reached, these barriers may never be broken down.

The commonly held theories that women are inferior to men, because they lack the strength of character, mind, and body that men are attributed to having, are misleading for many reasons. To assume that men are superior in these three aspects is to assume that all men and women equally share the same strengths and weaknesses of their entire sex. To do this one must accept the fact that all

Differences in brain structure between males and females result in important differences in perceptions, emotional expressions, priorities and behaviors. (*) Relationship traits, problem solving approaches, mathematical abilities, reactions to stress, language, emotions, brain size, pain perception, spatial ability and susceptibility to disorders are just some areas in which men and women react differently because of their differences in brain structure. (*) To some scientists and theorists these many influential biological differences between men and women make gender roles inevitable. (*)

For years in our society there has been a lot of controversy over the differences in men and women. Are they equal? What exactly are the real differences? Do these differences affect what each gender is capable of doing in their everyday lives? A philosopher of the nineteenth century, Wilhem von Humboldt once wrote,

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,

These differences are commonly discussed, “The general statement that men and women respond and behave differently under the same circumstances is true; demonstrable differences in behavior and in general brain operations have been carefully documented and described”(McGraw-Hill,1998). For example, male babies are commonly more aggressive than females; this tendency often continues throughout life. As a child, females often learn to read earlier than males and use this skill to better tasks involving the alphabet. Although there are some women who can break the stereotype, the generality that men are better at spatial operations still holds true. Men tend to be better at finding their way through a maze or using a map. Researchers, from Norwegian University of Science and Technology, decided to test these generalities by administering testosterone to women in the test group. FMRI imaging was used to test the subjects. The results showed that “ men in the study took several shortcuts, oriented themselves more using cardinal directions and used a different part of the brain than the women in the study”(NTNU,2017). Women without the testosterone supplement tended to solve the maze using complex routes, instead of following a path directly to the destination. Once the women received a drop of testosterone, they suddenly began to use cardinal directions and use a more

Many people seems to like when someone else are interested in the same thing they are into, they are comparing the similarities the other person has to themselves. In my research I had learn the different ways people view their similarities to one another and what men and women view similarities to each other. The researchers that had wrote journals and had profession over similarities are Pieternel Dijkstra (department of Psychology similarity of men and women), Lynne Hall and Sarah Woods (University of Sunderland, UK, University of Hertfordshire, who wrote The Importance of similarity in Empathic) Interactions, Richard L. Moreland and Robert B. Zajonc (Exposure Effects in Person Perception, Familiarity, Similarity, and Attraction). The final two researchers that I had read was R. Matthew Montoya (who wrote a study journal over the social and personal relationships), and the final journal written by Gina C. Gonzaga and Belinda Campos (Similarity, Convergence, and Relationship Satisfaction in Dating and Married Couples.)

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

A popular, though controversial method for dealing with gender has been to compare the sexes and discern the differences between the two. In their book The Psychology of Sex Differences, Maccoby and Jacklin (1974) discovered four major differences between males and females: verbal, quantitative, spatial

Men and women are different in many ways. Biologically it is caused by how the brain acts and how it is wired. Men and women’s brains process things differently and control different parts compared to the opposite gender. The biological differences between men and women affect how they process emotions, stress and the differences in how the two brains are wired. The differences of the brain between the two genders make it easier for scientists and doctors to identify the way the male and female brains work the same, and different.

In her paper on the biological differences in cognition between men and women, Doreen Kimura suggests that the social differences between genders arose out of biological necessity (Kimura 46). Even so, it is difficult to argue that social factors do play a large part in gender in society today. A closer look at both biological and social perspectives will reveal more about the processes that determine gender roles.

The natural differences between the sexes based on biological and structural factors, remarkably in reproductive roles. Biological differences include chromosomes, brain structure and hormonal differences (Wood, 2005). There is also a basic difference in physical strengths on average of the sexes. According to a study done by professor Linda Babcock, shows that men are eight times more likely to demand higher wages, claiming that wage inequality is at least partially a result of innate behavioral differences between the sexes.

     Since we were little kids our little minds have been fed thoughts by elders that boys are very different from girls. When we were little we never really thought much of it. Now that we are older we see how different or how less different we actually are. Two things are different in male and females. One is the biological aspect such as our brains and body parts. Also the way we play certain sports are different. The difference in sports also ties in with the fact that men and women are biologically different.

Many people tend to confuse between sex and gender thinking that they’re the same thing. Sex is the two main categories of male and female into which humans and most other living things are biologically divided in. Gender however, is the state of being male or female and typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones. Children in the same family have different experiences in their interactions with their mothers and fathers. Such differences may teach children indirect lessons about gender roles and reinforced gender typed patterns of behavior that they then carry outside of the family. Society has stamped an image of the roles of each gender and how should be played out. There are two