Battle of the Sexes

the differences of gender

Men and women are different in more ways than the obvious physiological differences. Despite those who would like to argue that the differences are purely societal, in other words, boys are raised to be men with certain attributes and girls are raised to be women with a different set of attributes, research studies tell us otherwise. And while “nurture” definitely plays a part in gender difference, “nature” seems to play a substantial role as well.

Aside from the obvious sex organs and reproductive systems, there are other generalized (usually the norm) biological differences between the sexes including:

• Of the 23 sets of chromosomes present in every cell in every human being, 22 sets are exactly alike in both males and females. For females, the 23rd set contains two X chromosomes, while the male set contains an X and a Y chromosome. Therefore, males and females are different on the cellular level, beginning at the moment of conception.

• Men have larger brains (which doesn’t necessarily equate to higher intelligence as well we know!), while women have a larger concentration of neurons in certain areas of their brains.

• Males and females process information differently; problem-solving tasks in males take place in only one of the two hemispheres while females use both hemispheres.

• Females are more tuned into visual clues and hidden meanings in communication than males.

• Male infants are more interested in objects than in people; female infants are more responsive to human voices.

• Because of higher testosterone levels, males are more aggressive than females.

• Females have 55-58% of the upper body strength of males and 80% of the overall strength of a male of the same height and weight.

• Females have longer life expectancies than males.

• Beginning in the teenage years, boys have greater abstract math skills, although computational math ability appears to remain equal in both sexes.

• Females experience earlier mastery of verbal memory, fluency, spelling and grammar.

Keep in mind that these are generalized male-female biological differences. They may not always occur due to unusual biological changes that can occur during pregnancy.

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What's the difference between sick care and health care?
Sick care is largely about relieving or suppressing symptoms. Health care is about improving performance. While sick care is about how you feel, health care is about how you function. Sick care is what you do to treat an obvious problem, and health care is what you do to avoid the problem and advance your well-being.
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