the difference between men and women

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Men cannot manufacture blood as efficiently as women can. This makes surgery riskier for men. Men also need more oxygen because they do not breathe as often as women. But men breathe more deeply and this exposes them to another risk. When the air is polluted, they draw more of it into their lungs.

A more recent - and chilling - finding is the effect of automobile and truck exhaust fumes on children's intelligence. These exhaust fumes are the greatest source of lead pollution in cities. Researchers have found that the children with the highest concentration of lead in their bodies have the lowest scores on intelligence tests and that boys score lower than girls. It is possible that these low scores are connected to the deeper breathing that is typical of the male.

Men's bones are larger than women's and they are arranged somewhat differently. The feminine walk that evokes so many whistles is a matter of bone structure. Men have broader shoulders and a narrower pelvis which enables them to stride out with no waste motion. A woman's wider pelvis, designed for childbearing, forces her to put more movement into each step she takes with the result that she displays a bit of a jiggle and sway as she walks.

If you think a man is brave because he climbs a ladder to clean out the roof gutters, don't forget that it is easier for him than for a woman. The angle at which a woman's thigh is joined to her knees makes climbing awkward for her, no matter whether it is a ladder or stairs or a mountain that she is tackling.

A man's skin is thicker than a woman's and not nearly as soft. The thickness prevents the sun's radiation from getting through, which is why men wrinkle less than women do.

Women have a thin layer of fat just under the skin and there is a plus to this greater fat reserve. It acts as an invisible fur coat to keep a woman warmer in the winter.

Women also stay cooler in summer. The fat layer helps insulate them against heat.

Men's fat is distrubted differently. And they do not have that layer of it underneath the skin. In fact, they have considerably less fat than women and more lean mass. Forty-one percent of a man's body is muscle compared to thirty percent of a woman's body

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He’s gotta have it. She can wait.

They’re not the same in their beds or in their heads.

Does she really talk more? And why doesn’t he listen?

Why do women go to the bathrooms in groups?

Are we shaped by society or is it nature’s design?

Gender – it’s bigger than sex.

This is the introduction to the ABC 20/20 Special – The Difference Between Men and Women that got me hooked.

Here are some excerpts from that show that will answer the gender myths and will make you understand not only your partner but also your sons and daughters.

We often joke that women are less able to read maps and men just don’t ask questions. But is there a scientific explanation for this? In an experiment, students were blindfolded and led through a maze of tunnels underneath a campus. When asked where a college building was, women rarely knew, but the men showed a better sense of spatial relations. In another experiment, students were taken to a cluttered room and asked to stay there for two minutes. They were then moved to a different room and asked to remember what they saw in the other room. Women proved to have a better memory and even gave detailed answers. The men answered, “I don’t know. There was some stuff there.”

A study on babies showed that girls sat up without support earlier than boys did. Boys crawled independently away from their caretaker earlier than girls.

Newborns were also observed and it was found that males startle more than females. Females rhythmically mouth, they suck on their tongues, they move their lips and so forth than males do. Male babies make less eye contact with their mothers than female babies. Could this explain why men don’t listen? The male brain has a harder time processing the female voice versus the male voice.

Why do men fall asleep after sex? It could be that men have more orgasms than women do.

Do women have Adam’s apple? Yes, although it is less prominent than men’s. The Adam’s apple is actually a thyroid cartilage and testosterone causes it to enlarge. A few women celebrities that have prominent Adam’s apple are Meg Ryan, Sandra Bullock and Nikki Hilton.

Who snores more? Men, because they tend to drink and smoke more. Besides, women have wider air circumference. And when men gain weight, they gain more weight around the neck.

Who cheats more? 80% of women remain faithful. 65% of men are faithful.

Are women the worst drivers? Men think that they are better because of the mechanical thing. But actually, women are safer drivers. Men take more risk and display reckless behaviour. Men are more impatient on the road. They are more likely to get into accidents, speed more, drive drunk and have twice as many fatal crashes as women. A World Health Organization study says that masculinity may be hazardous to health.

The Female Brain



Is there such a thing as the female brain? Is that why women go to the bathroom in packs?

Male brain and female brain look the same at birth. Female is nature’s default setting. Only after a surge of testosterone do the boy’s brain begin to look male.

Right out of the womb, the girl is already better at reading faces and hearing human vocal tones. For the next two years, the girl’s ovaries will pump adult levels of estrogen. From six to nine months, the boy’s testicles will be flooded with adult levels of testosterone.

You can tell a boy, “Don’t touch that,” over and over and they won’t listen. There’s also a difference at the way girls and boys play with each other. Girls are much more collaborative. Boys are much more aggressive. They don’t want to share. The biological reason is the brain wiring.

Animal studies allowed scientists to map human emotions and gender differences. Areas for emotional memory and communication are larger in the female brain and this perhaps explains why women remember fights and men insist they never happened.

Women use 20,000 words a day. Men use 7,000.

At puberty, there is an explosion of hormonal surge as the teen girl brain emerges. These hormones dramatically reorganize her circuits driving the way she thinks, feels, acts and even obsesses about her looks. Studies show that surges of estrogen trigger her need to be sexually desirable to boys. The male brain reorganizes too. It is flooded with testosterone and he becomes absorbed in sexual fantasies and the need to masturbate.

Girls mature faster than boys. Girls’ brains are two years ahead during puberty. Boys usually catch up in their late adolescence or early 20’s. Boys think about sex every 52 seconds, girls, a few times a day. It takes longer for boys to make sense of their emotions.

When it comes to sex, boys take the lead or their brains do. The amygdala, the part of the brain that controls sex, is twice as large in males. The hippocampus, the part that controls emotions, is twice larger in girls.

Why do girls go to the bathroom in groups?

There’s a hormone that is released when girls are more intimate with each other, like talking. The oxytocin is a hormone that is released in the brain that’s kind of a feel good hormone. That hormonal rush gives them pleasure. The same rush as drug addicts get from taking cocaine.

What about sex? Women need to be in the mood. And men say they don’t get enough.

Source: http://niceheart.wordpress.com/2007/02/ ... and-women/

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When It Comes to Orgasm, Women Work Harder

Animals have it easy.

For them, sex is all about eggs or pups or calves.
No animal has to commit to a relationship to lure the female of the species into the nest.

We humans are much more complicated. Women need to be in the mood, which many men don't seem to understand.

"I think that most men, and I have to underline the word 'most,' just don't get it," said Jenny McCarthy, an actress, former Playmate of the Year, and best-selling author of "Life Laughs: The Naked Truth about Motherhood, Marriage, and Moving On."

She laments that our differences -- the ones that can make sex so much fun -- can also get in the way.

"It's amazing to me how much brain work it takes for a girl to have an orgasm," McCarthy said. "Guys just need to look at a nipple, and they lose it. God, I wish it was that easy for us!"

That's just one of the differences between men and women that are explored in a new reality series, "Sexual Healing," on Showtime.

Sex therapist Laura Berman hosts it. She said those differences are stunning.

"First and foremost, men tell me they don't get enough sex. That's the biggest complaint," Berman said.

On the other hand, when she recently saw a married couple that hadn't had sex for years, the wife told Berman, "I'm kind of at the point where I could live the rest of my life and not have it again."

That's not unusual.

About 30 percent of women -- more than six times that of men -- have a low libido, or sex drive, studies show.

If it's physiological, there are remedies, such as hormone medication.

But there are other reasons a woman can't have sex just like a man.

"Women need a context in which to be sexual," Berman said. "She has to feel good about the situation, even about the surroundings, in order to let go and really enjoy the sexual scenario."

And a man?

"A man isn't as picky," Berman said. "It's just the way they're wired. Men are much more goal-oriented. And so they'll try to heat things up way too quickly. And if, you know, men are a microwave oven, women are a slow-cooking stove."

Women are also more easily distracted than men, even in bed.

McCarthy admitted that she often made lists -- grocery lists -- while making love.

"That's not because she's not interested. Women are natural multitaskers," Berman said. "Our main sexual organ is our brain. So our body can actually be physiologically responding, but if we're not in a state of mind to respond, it doesn't register."

There are solutions to this often inconvenient gender gap.

Berman said it's all about communication -- telling your partner what you like and what works.

McCarthy agrees, especially because, now divorced, she's found the right context for her love life with movie star Jim Carrey.

"It's very real, very loving, very spiritual," said McCarthy of her relationship with Carrey. "And the sex is beautiful."


Source: http://i.abcnews.com/2020/story?id=2497517&page=1

When photos do contain people related to the task at hand, or the content users are exploring, they do get fixations. However, gender makes a distinct difference on what parts of the photo are stared at the longest. Take a look at the hotspot below.

Although both men and women look at the image of George Brett when directed to find out information about his sport and position, men tend to focus on private anatomy as well as the face. For the women, the face is the only place they viewed.


This image of George Brett was part of a larger page with his biographical information. All users tested looked the image, but there was a distinct difference in focus between men and women.

Source: http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/070312ruel/

Gender Myths: Let Science Decide
Studies Say Women Are Safer, Men More Reckless
By JOHN STOSSEL and GAIL DEUTSCH
Sept. 28, 2006


People joke about the differences between men and women: Men don't listen. Women can't read maps. Men snore more. Women are less likely to have affairs.

But are men and women really different or are those statements myths?

It turns out that science says men and women are different.

At the University of Rochester, students were blindfolded and then led through a maze of tunnels that run underneath the campus.

The experimenter stayed behind them and guided them with a tap on the shoulder so they wouldn't run into anyone.

When the women were asked where a college building was, they rarely knew.

Men, however, have a better sense of spatial relations, according to the experiment. Most knew roughly where they were.

In contrast, at York University in Toronto, students were asked to wait in a cluttered room. After two minutes, the experimenter moved them to another room and asked the students to tell him every object in the room that they could remember.

Women typically gave incredibly detailed answers.

The men were more likely to say, "I dunno. There was some stuff there."

Many women went on and on.

Why are there differences like that or more men at the top levels of science?

Is it, as transgendered Stanford University neurobiologist Ben Barres says, all because of sexism? Or is it inborn, caused by the bath of testosterone boys get in the womb?

June Reinisch, a former Kinsey Institute director, studied data on thousands of baby girls and boys, and she concluded there were just inborn differences.

"Girls sat up without support earlier than boys did. Boys crawled independently, away from their caretaker, earlier than girls," Reinisch said.

Still, one could argue that even those differences happen because of some early sexist parenting.

But how do you explain behavior differences in newborns?

"So when they look at babies in the first 72 hours of life, they find that males and females are not identical in the way they behave," Reinisch said. "Males startle more than females. If you give a little puff of air on their abdomen, they startle much bigger and much more likely to startle than females, and females rhythmically mouth. They suck on their tongues. They move their lips and so forth more than males do."

Could this explain the myth that men don't listen?

"The male brain … actually has a harder time processing the female voice versus the male voice, which is a possible explanation to why we don't listen when our wives call us," Dr. Billy Goldberg said on "20/20."

Goldberg and Mark Leyner are co-authors of "Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex?"

They said it was true that men listened less because of biology.

"Male babies make less eye contact, for instance, with their mothers than female babies," Leyner said. "So what we're talking about are different ways of relating to people that start at the earliest possible age."

So can men say, "Honey, it's not my fault. It's my brain"?

"I like to use that excuse," Goldberg said.

Despite the book's title, the authors don't have an exact answer for why men fall asleep after sex.

"Science has not figured this one out. It could be that men are more often having orgasms during sex than, than women," Goldberg said.

Another gender myth: Women don't have Adam's apples.

"Well, that's another of these myths that's out there," Goldberg said. "Women do have Adam's apples. They're less prominent than men's."

Adam's apples are basically thyroid cartilage, which everyone has. Testosterone causes it to enlarge.

"Meg Ryan, Sandra Bullock -- they have larger Adam's apples," Goldberg said.

If a woman has a noticeable Adam's apple, it doesn't mean she has more testosterone than the average woman, according to Goldberg.

"It doesn't reflect on the testosterone levels," he sad. "Some people develop anatomically different and just happen to have a more prominent Adam's apple."

As for snoring, men do it more than women.

Source: http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Stossel/stor ... 292&page=1

Relationships
When a relationship ends, a woman will cry and pour her heart out to her girlfriends, and she will write a poem titled “All Men Are Idiots”. Then she will get on with her life.

A man has a little more trouble letting go. Six months after the break-up, at 3:00 a.m. on a Saturday night, he will call and say, “I just wanted to let you know you ruined my life, and I’ll never forgive you, and I hate you, and you’re a total floozy. But I want you to know that there’s always a chance for us”. This is known as the “I Hate You / I Love You” drunken phone call, that 99% of all men have made at least once. There are community colleges that offer courses to help men get over this need; alas, these classes rarely prove effective.

Maturity
Women mature much faster than men. Most 17-year-old females can function as adults. Most 17-year-old males are still trading baseball cards and giving each other wedgies after gym class. This is why high school romances rarely work out.

Handwriting
To their credit, men do not decorate their penmanship. They just chicken- scratch. Women use scented, colored stationary and they dot their “i’s” with circles and hearts. Women use ridiculously large loops in their “p’s” and “g’s”. It is a royal pain to read a note from a woman. Even when she’s dumping you, she’ll put a smiley face at the end of the note.

Bathrooms
A man has six items in his bathroom - a toothbrush, toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of Dial soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn. The average number of items in the typical woman’s bathroom is 437. A man would not be able to identify most of these items.

Groceries
A woman makes a list of things she needs and then goes to the store and buys these things. A man waits till the only items left in his fridge are half a lime and a beer. Then he goes grocery shopping. He buys everything that looks good. By the time a man reached the checkout counter, his cart is packed tighter that the Clampett’s car on Beverly Hillbillies. Of course, this will not stop him from going to the 10-items-or-less lane.

Shoes
When preparing for work, a woman will put on a Mondi wool suit, and then slip on Reebok sneakers. She will carry her dress shoes in a plastic bag. When a woman gets to work, she will put on her dress shoes. Five minutes later she will kick them off because her feet are under the desk. A man will wear the same pair of shoes all day.

Leg Warmers
A woman, even if she’s walking the dog or doing the dishes, is allowed to wear leg warmers. She can wear them any time she wants. A man can only wear leg warmers if he is auditioning for the “Gimme the Ball” number in “A Chorus Line.”

Going Out
When a man says he is ready to go out, it means he is ready to go out. When a woman says she is ready to go out, it means she will be ready to go out, as soon as she finds her earring, finishes putting on her makeup…

Cats
Women love cats. Men say they love cats, but when women aren’t looking, men kick cats.

Offspring
Ah!, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and soccer games and romances and best friends and favorite foods and secret fears and hopes and dreams. A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

Dressing Up
A woman will dress up to: go shopping, water the plants, empty the garbage, answer the phone, read a book, get the mail etc. A man will dress up for: weddings, funerals.

Laundry
Women do laundry every couple of days. A man will wear every article of clothing he owns, including his surgical pants that were hip about eight years ago, before he will do his laundry. When he is finally out of clothes, he will wear a dirty sweatshirt inside out and take his mountain of clothes to the laundromat. Men always expect to meet beautiful women at the laundromat. This is a myth perpetuated by re-runs of old episodes of “Love, American Style.”

Socks
Men wear sensible socks. They wear standard white sweatsocks. Women wear strange socks. Socks that are cut way below the ankles, that have pictures of clouds on them, that have a big fuzzy ball on the back.

Nicknames
If Gloria, Suzanne, Deborah and Michelle get together for lunch, they will call each other Gloria, Suzanne, Deborah and Michelle. But if Mike, Dave, Rob and Jack go out for a brewsky, they will affectionately refer to each other as Bullet-Head, Godzilla, Peanut-Brain and Useless.

Eating Out
… and when the check comes, Mike, Dave, Rob and Jack will each throw in $20 bills, even though it’s only for $22.50. None of them will have anything smaller, and none will actually admit they want change back. When the girls get their check, out come the pocket calculators.

Mirrors
Men are vain; they will always check themselves out in a mirror. Women are ridiculous; they will check out their reflections in any shiny surface: mirrors, spoons, car windows, store windows, toasters, Joe Garagiola’s head.

The Telephone
Men see the telephone as a communication tool. They use the telephone to send short messages to other people. A woman can visit her girlfriend for two weeks, and upon returning home, she will call the same friend and they will talk for three hours.

Directions
If a woman is out driving, and she finds herself in unfamiliar surroundings, she will stop at a gas station and ask for directions. Men consider this to be a sign of weakness. Men will never stop and ask for directions. Men will drive in a circle for hours, all the while saying things like, “Looks like I’ve found a new way to get there.” and, “I know I’m in the general neighborhood. I recognize that 7-11 store.”

Admitting Mistakes
Women will sometimes admit making a mistake. The last man who admitted he was wrong was General George Custer.

Toys
Little girls love to play with toys. Then when they reach the age of 11 or 12, they lose interest. Men never grow out of their obsession with toys. As they get older, their toys simply become more expensive and silly and impractical. Examples of men’s toys: little miniature TV’s. Car phones. Complicated juicers and blenders. Graphic equalizers. Small robots that serve cocktails on command. Video games. Anything that blinks, beeps, and requires at least 6 “D” batteries to operate.

Plants
A woman asks a man to water her plants while she is on vacation. The man waters the plants. The woman comes home five or six days later to an apartment full of dead plants. No one knows why this happens.

Cameras
Men take photography very seriously. They’ll shell out $4000 for state of the art equipment, and build dark rooms and take photography classes. Women purchase Kodak Instamatics. Of course women always end up taking better pictures.

Jewelry
Women look nice when they wear jewelry. A man can get away with wearing one ring and that’s it. Any more than that and he will look like a lounge singer.

Source: http://www.comedymail.co.uk/ViewItem.asp?ID=512

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