Men and Women: Our Differences are More than the Obvious!
Here’s some fun facts from scientific studies about how men and women are different:
Spatial Awareness: I know some women are great at navigation, but not me! When my husband says go north 2 miles then go west, my first question is: How do I figure out where north is?
Research has shown: Men may often have better spatial awareness than women do, but women are "better at remembering where things are." As a result, women are more likely to navigate using landmarks. (That’s me! Tell me to go right at the big white building two miles away, then go left at the …. Well, you get the idea.)While both men and women can therefore find their way to places with about equal skill, women might have an edge, since they could likely find things like missing car keys and maps first.Men possess a stronger ability to think of objects in three dimensions, helping with navigation. (Discussed during the British Psychological Society Annual Conference.)It’s been found that even 3-month-old infants exhibit sex-based behavioral difference. The theory? It could be that hunting, competitive battles and other activities conducted in the past helped to lock the skill into males. (Or, could it be that God locked that into males? :)
Men handle lack of sleep better than women do.
A Duke University study found that men could tolerate sleep deprivation more than women could. This is either good or bad news for men, as sleep is involved in brain repair, when the brain sorts out memories and other information acquired throughout the day.
We are evenly matched in terms of intelligence.Men tend to be larger and, as a result, tend to have bigger brains. Size, however, does not necessarily correlate with intelligence. Braininess instead relies more on neuronal connections, which we help forge when learning by experience or study. Historically, women's IQs have lagged behind those of men by up to 5 points, but now women are surpassing men in such tests. Women usually live longer than men.
Better immunity, reduced risk for blood diseases and lower risk-taking may give women an edge on longevity. Based on Centers for Disease Control data, women tend to have a life expectancy that’s 5.3 years greater than men's, but the gap is narrowing. In 1978, it was 7.8 years.The good news for men is that they tend to remain sexually active longer than women do. "Interest in sex, participation in sex and even the quality of sexual activity were higher for men than women, and this gender gap widened with age," said Stacy Tessler Lindau of the University of Chicago, who worked on a related study. news.discovery.com/human/life/science-behind-gender-differences...
GOT SOME COMMENTS? What differences have you found that might explain WHY HE REACTS, SPEAKS, AND BEHAVES IN WAYS THAT BAFFLE YOU?
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