Intellectual or Emotional

Men & Women are Different

Whether the differences are intellectual or emotional, new evidence argues that it all begins in the brain.

"We all start out with female brains. It's only when the developing fetus is 'marinated' in testosterone at around eight weeks that male and female brains diverge," according to Louann Brizendine, neuropsychiatrist and author of a new book The Female Brain.

Since the intention of this blog is to be a bridge builder between men and women, I only bring this to your attention so that we might understand one another better and celebrate our differences. For example,

• A woman has 11% more neurons in her brain centers for language and hearing than a man. (Maybe that's why my mother was always shouting to my dad to "turn down the TV.")
• A woman uses on average 20,000 words a day. A man will use 7,000.
• A woman devotes brain space to the sex drive 2 1/2 times smaller than a man.
• A man will think about sex once a day.

Well, let's just stop right there! So ladies, we need to talk less and take (sexual) action more often.

And men, you may want to consider the possibility of learning to whisper sweet nothings, light a few candles, hire a babysitter, and have a good conversation before marching toward the bedroom.

Deal?

Source: Weise, Elizabeth. Men, women: Maybe we are different. (USA Today, Tuesday, August 22, 2006. Life Section, p. 9D)