Anonymous #1 1d

Obviously physically, the differences are very notable. But brain differences that lead to behavioral/social/persona differences are extremely minimal. Some of the only actual functional differences stem from the fact that men's brains have less communication across hemispheres and regions/centers, women have more acute emotional memory, and men have more tunneled sight (better at tracking fast objects, depth perception) while women have more peripheral vision.

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Anonymous OP 1d

And then there's the differences brought on by hormonal differences, which are the more notable distinctions, but not NEARLY as notable as ppl make it seem. Like the whole 'men are logical and women are emotional' generalization and things along those lines are born from the same exact weird pseudoscience that 'white people are smarter than (insert race here)' is born from That type of stuff is mainly what I'm referring to

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Anonymous OP 1d

plus it’s like. maybe i’m oversimplifying this but, we have metacognition and very plastic brains all throughout our lives. we can just kind of train our brains and bodies to do different things if we want to, unlike many other animals LOL

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Anonymous #3 13h

Everyone has both testosterone and estrogen. Some guys have low T and some girls have high T! But yeah, most differences are due to our hormonal cycles (men are on a 24 hour cycle, women are on a ~30 day cycle), and the extra testosterone in men mostly just has to do with physical differences. It DOES give men a bit more need to focus on regulating impulse control though. And the extra estrogen makes women better at 'sensing emotion' (perceiving subtle social cues/body language/facial-

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Anonymous OP 13h

Expressions). Higher estrogen also makes women more likely to use social connections/attachment-building to navigate conflict, while higher T makes men more likely to just jump right into 'fight or flight'. Basically, the T v E just gives women a bit of a natural social/emotional boost over guys, while it gives guys a physical boost over girls, but the downside is that they need to work on impulse control, empathy, and understanding more.

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Anonymous OP 13h

These differences are real, simply not NEARLY as drastic or impactful as ppl think. Plus the differences vary from person to person. Like there are plenty of reckless, impulse women and plenty of reasonable, emotionally in-tune men.

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