Week 9 The Differences Between Men and Women

Everyone knows that men and women are different. Very different. I firmly believe that we created that way for a reason. Women are one way and men are another way in order for us to fill our divine roles in this life and the next. We were made to complement each other's strengths and make up for each other's weakness. While there are a lot of obvious differences that I could talk about, I wanted to research actual differences in the brain. Men are more logical and women are more emotional thinkers. Women tend to make tons of connections between various aspects of their lives and men separate everything into categories. Women can multitask and men...yeah. Men are problem solvers, women just want to talk things out. Why? There may be a real explanation to be found by examining the way males and females use their brains. A man's left hemisphere dominates most of his rain function. A woman uses both her right and left hemisphere equally. The left hemisphere is responsible for problem solving and mathematical ability. The right side does more creative processing and emotional work. Additionally, a woman's limbic system covers a larger surface area. The limbic system regulates emotions. As a result, she will be able to identify her emotions and express them more effectively. I find this information not only interesting, but maybe even essential to understand. Men and women were never meant to be the same. We were created to fill specific roles. I don’t agree with radical feminism for this reason. I also think that feminists have made a huge oversight. They claim that women should have all the rights that men have and as a result, try to fill a man’s role. Trying to act like a man says that their role is more desirable than ours. If men and women are really equal, which they are, then both roles should be equally important. I think the differences in the brain just go to prove this point and I’m grateful that I’m a girl and proud of the role I have to fill. Even if that means I have no sense of direction, can’t do basic addition, and live on a perpetual emotional rollercoaster. At least I know how to create and maintain relationships, am naturally nurturing, and have higher reading comprehension!

Hensley, Amber. 10 Big Differences Between Men’s and Women’s Brains. June 16, 2009. http://www.mastersofhealthcare.com/blog/2009/10-big-differences-between-mens-and-womens-brains/