Hello readers!
This week there was some very interesting things I learned. It is very apparent that there are differences between males and females. Sometimes these differences drive a wedge between us instead of helping us to work together better. I know myself that sometimes I have no idea what goes through a girls head. We could be talking about food and then next thing I know they are upset over something that has no relation to food. It confuses me, but this week we learned why we as men and women struggle to understand each other sometimes.
Nature v.s. Nurture is a debate that has been going on for a long time, and it will probably continue for a long time. Now, I'm not telling you what to think in the matter, but I am going to share some things that the majority of men and women tend to do and feel. This chart below is a way I have compared the two different styles of behavior in most men and women. I will give a summary of what they mean below.
Female
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Male
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Relationship Oriented
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Spatial Orientation
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People
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Things
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Emotionally expressive
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Action oriented
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Personal Communication
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Task based communication
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Relationship Oriented vs Spatial Oriented: Females are generally more open and social than men are. This is because most women's brains are wired this way. Men are much more likely to want their own space.
People Oriented vs Object Oriented: Women, like you may have gathered by the previous topics, are people oriented. Even from a young age, little girls love to play with dolls and pretend to take care of them as if they were living people. Now not to say that young boys don not do this too, but males are more likely to play with toy cars or sticks that look like guns.
Emotionally Expressive vs Action Oriented: I feel that it is well known that women are more emotional than men. Many would argue that it is because males are told their whole lives to "suck it up" or to "rub some dirt on it." While this may play into it, women's brains are just wired to be more emotional compared to men's. There was a study done where little girls and little boys were put behind some glass with their mom on the other side. A majority of the girls saw their mom on the other side and realized they could not get to her, so they immediately fell to the floor sobbing. The little boys, on the other hand, tried to get through the glass for a while before they broke into tears. Males are wired to try something before drawing conclusions while women draw conclusions before they try it.
Personal Communication vs Task Based Communication: Now what might be even more well know about women is that they love to talk ,and especially to their other girl friends. This is because (you guessed it) they are wired to be social butterflies. Women bond and make friends effectively just by talking to someone face to face. Men on the other hand bond and make friends most effectively while they are working alongside someone, or working to complete a similar goal. This is also why women take things so personally, because their communication is based to be received and delivered in a personal way.
Some other things you might find interesting also have to do with the brain. Men have more grey matter in their brains, which means that they can focus very well on single tasks. This is why many men are good at coming home from work and refocusing on home life, leaving all work at work. This could also contribute to why a lot of men are forgetful and/or don't hear the best. If they are distracted by something, then everything else is tuned out for the most part. Women have more white matter in their brains, which means that they are better at making connections between tasks. Women have up to 5 times more connection tissue between the emotional part of the brain and the verbal part of the brain than men do. This is why they express their emotions more than men. This video i have attached covers some of these thoughts I have shared from a different point of view. It is also pretty entertaining.
Thanks for reading!
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