Men and women have different kinds of brain, so different inherent skills and abilities? What are your views ?

Every human foetus is initially female. That explains why men have nipples. If the father's sperm contains a Y chromosome this triggers the mother's body to produce testosterone which happens in two bursts between 6 and 8 weeks into the pregnancy. The first burst causes the male reproductive system to be formed with the clitoris growing to become a penis and

the labia closing to form the scrotum.

The second burst changes the wiring of the brain from female to male. We now know that female and male brains are wired differently. It is the male brain that makes men prefer women over other men, and vice versa for women. Neither are more intellectual than the other. Only that women can perform multi-tasks better than men, because it's what she needs to be a mother; and men can concentrate on only one thing at a time. That may be only two of the very few real differences.

Do not let anyone make you believe that there are male and female emotions because that is not true. Children are being socialized to believe that. We are all born with all our emotions intact, it was just changed along the way because of strict societal boundaries that insist that men and women are more different than what really is. They teach their children that "to be human is to be limited". Well, it doesn't have to be so.

Incidently, that is one of the main factors why there are many screwed up people in our "limited society". People are frustrated because they know instinctively, and consciously that there is more to themselves than they really allow.

So, everyone has all the same emotions, it's just that some men may not permit themselves to feel some of them because they were taught that they shouldn't "feel that way" because only women are suppose to. So they just grunt! Likewise for women, they're taught that they have to "conceal" those emotions because it's not "ladylike". Everything gets pentup, and they become frustrated to the point of confusion. They don't really understand themselves because they've all become what society taught them to be...

That would explain why we live in a very fekked up world, doesn't it?

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Just perchance you may be wondering why homosexuals' perference is different than other men? It's because the second burst of development was incomplete, therefore they have a female brain, thus prefer male partners.

Likewise for females preferences for female partners... I believe it may be possible that the first burst was incomplete and went right on to the second.... Thus male brain, and the preference for female partners. :-) Take care.

Well Sam I sure you've got a plastic brain but I can assure you I haven't darling. Depends on the reseach you believe and quite frankly I haven't went into it in any great depth but what I have read there is a general difference. Men have bigger and heavier brains in the main but that isn't a surprise since men are generally bigger than women anyway. However Men also ( according to the research I am not personally an expert ) have more gray matter and women seemingly have denser brains than men with more neurological connections. Again hardly surprising as male and females animals do act differently in any species. Edit Sam with my hairy chest! I am definitely one of King Kong's children. @Sam no we don't come form apes as primates we share a common ancestor with apes, we don't come from them or another way of looking at it is we are actually apes. The difference between us and (the other) great apes is seemingly we as humans have one less chromosone Somewhere along our development two of our chromosomes 'merged'.

Basically men and women have the same kind of brain, however, there are some variations in brain function between the two sexes. Some of this relates to hormonal influences that were present in the womb while the human was a fetus. Thus, some females may come across as very manly while some males may come across as "sissies."

There are also variations in brain function among the members of the same sex. So, some females may be better than some males when it comes to doing tasks that are on average better done by males.

While there are variations in abilities and interests, men and women tend to share abilities and interests, but sometimes the average person of one sex is better than the average person of another sex. As an example, men in general may do better than women on gross motor skills and women may in general do better than men on fine motor skills. But, you will find females that can lift more weight than 90% of males and males that can produce better calligraphy than 90% of females.

I wouldn't call the different abilities that men and women have inherent. At birth, the brain is very malleable and neural connections are made based on experience. Therefore, it is possible that the difference in the treatment of boys and girls at an early age causes at least some of the differences between men's and women's brains. I believe the different abilities may be partly based on biological differences, but are more a product of societal conceptions of gender roles.

I think that nature has a lot more to do with this than nurture. I won't get into the heredity of certain traits, but suffice to say that men able to do certain bebeficial tasks or think a certain way were more successful and more likely to pass on their genes than men who weren't able to do those beneficial tasks. Same would hold true for women and the things that they are inherantly good at. I think that we still have these genes that have given people gender specific 'specialities' -- men better at math, women better at languages, or whatever.

I concure that we have skills that we are more talented at (each sex). Men seem to be natural followers (like in miltary) with a few leaders; while women tend to be natural leaders (child raising) with a few who are followers. Men also have more talent to attempt daring things, while women are more protective.

Although each may have a stronger talent ...we are the same ... most of us have two arms, two legs, two lungs. There are more similarities than differences. Historically, we cherish these differences and the talents that the differences bring.

The physical brains are different. Women have more connections between the brain halves and recover much more quickly and thoroughly from strokes than men. They can also multitask much better than men because of it. The list of differences can go on and on.

As far as I'm concerned, the only thing that has been scientifically shown and undisputed is the fact that men have slightly larger brains than women, just as they have larger builds than women in general. What that means is not, as far as I know, even understood by science yet; and it may not necessarily mean anything more than slightly more mass.

Studies that conclude that men and women think differently are the result of studying men and women who already exist and have already had a lifetime of possibly brain-altering/thinking-altering. Based on my own thinking, life experiences, scientifically material I've read, and knowing my daughter, sons, and other people in my life; I believe there is equal potential for both genders to reach a level of development where they use their whole brain to the point where the genders would not have different types of skills and abilities.

I have seen in my own life that many, many, of the things that are said with regard to how women think and how men think are just not true. Someone may say, "Well, you and everyone you know are exceptions, and there are always exceptions." I say, that if we are exceptions it is because it is the exception for parents to nurture children in a way that allows "whole brain" development (or close to it) to occur.

I tend to believe that while males and females may be born with more of a tendency to develop in one way or another and/or that while they may take different amounts of time or different routes toward "whole-brain" development, they most likely have the potential (if all has gone right in infancy, early childhood, and beyond) of equal potential of reaching that "whole-brain" thinking.

The fact that girls do sometimes test very high on thinking skills often associated with boys, and the fact that boys can test very high on those skills often associated with girls, shows that the human brain has the capability of reaching a certain level of skills in those areas regardless of gender. The fact that someone like my daughter tested "across-the-board" well on all types of skills at four years points to the same thing.

I don't deny that there are possible differences in leanings toward developing in one way or another between the brains of boys and girls, and I think it is the role of parents to nurture both genders in a way that helps them develop their whole brain regardless of any (possibly relatively minor) leanings. I believe, though, that any leanings that exist are more likely to be associated with the more physical responses to things (what "blend of hormones/chemicals" get going) and less associated with intellectual abilities when and if the person has a well developed whole brain.

I believe that any tests on existing girls and boys or men and women that show a more dramatic difference than there should be show the extent that girls and boys are often failed when it comes to development of their whole brain and not the extent that girls and boys are born with limitations on development of their whole brain.

but, of course, I could be wrong (and reserve the right to be).

Well I can agree with it. Women talk way more than men do.

Men tend to prefer quiet, activities.

Women tend to prefer social activities.

This is general off course because there are exceptions to those I listed.

I do not agree to the extent that people commonly believe. Perhaps there is some validity, but I think statements like "women are not good at math and science" have more to do with society's views on women, and I do not think those statements have any validity.