Just had my first orientation and boy was it funny.

[jnmoore02]

Women and men are two different beings.... Is it me or does it seem that women are so analytical and us males are just pratical. Two different parts of the brain at work.

[CRNA2BKY]

Women and men are two different beings.... Is it me or does it seem that women are so analytical and us males are just pratical. Two different parts of the brain at work.

I think guys, in general, are more left brain, and therefore more analytical in nature. I tend to solve problems by analyzing it scientifically, where many women use their right brain to figure out problems. They figure things out by what "feels good" to them, and leaves them with the warm fuzzies. I want to scientifically analyze things, and come up with a scientifically sound solution. In general, guys are better at math and sciences because we are more left-brain oriented then females.

[piper_for_hire]

I don't agree with this at all. Men aren't left brained and women aren't right brained or whatever. We're socialized to behave this way - it has nothing to do with ability.

-S

I think guys, in general, are more left brain, and therefore more analytical in nature. I tend to solve problems by analyzing it scientifically, where many women use their right brain to figure out problems. They figure things out by what "feels good" to them, and leaves them with the warm fuzzies. I want to scientifically analyze things, and come up with a scientifically sound solution. In general, guys are better at math and sciences because we are more left-brain oriented then females.

[CRNA2BKY]

woops, gotta try again.

[CRNA2BKY]

i don't agree with this at all. men aren't left brained and women aren't right brained or whatever. we're socialized to behave this way - it has nothing to do with ability.

-s

ok, lets try this again:

actually, there is strong scientific evidence to the contrary. using my left brain as always, i go by scientific evidence and research:

according to the study, issued by uc irvine and university of new mexico:

"... in general, men have nearly 6.5 times the amount of gray matter related to general intelligence compared with women, whereas women have nearly 10 times the amount of white matter related to intelligence compared with women.

the results of this study may help explain why men and women excel at different types of tasks, said co-author and neuropsychologist rex jung at the university of new mexico. for example, men tend to do better with tasks requiring more localized processing, such as mathematics, jung said, while women are better at integrating and assimilating information from distributed gray matter regions of the brain, which aids language skills."

same coginitive abilities, same levels of intelligence - very different neural pathways. each new study points in the direction of heightened language skills for the female brain.

as research shows, there are differences between male and female brains. they each have their strong points, so i am not making any judgements at all about the genders. i am just stating facts that are justified by scientific research.

hope this helps.

[piper_for_hire]

Yeah - lets try this again. Now look at all the studies that suggest that so-called brain dominance is actually determined by socialization and how human socialization during childhood development and brain dominance peaks at about the same age.

Hope that helps.

-S

[CRNA2BKY]

So, men are more left brained and women are more right brained because of nature and nurture. Sounds good to me.

[FireStarterRN, BSN, RN]

I learned in physiology that the two hemisheres of the brain communicate better in women, which is why women are better at multitasking. This is an evolutionary tendency, but there is also overlaps between the two genders.

[CRNA2BKY]

I learned in physiology that the two hemisheres of the brain communicate better in women, which is why women are better at multitasking. This is an evolutionary tendency, but there is also overlaps between the two genders.

Yep, I've heard that too. Again, the brains of males and females, for whatever reason, are wired differently. This is fact, not just my opinion.

[Jedi of Zen]

Yeah - lets try this again. Now look at all the studies that suggest that so-called brain dominance is actually determined by socialization and how human socialization during childhood development and brain dominance peaks at about the same age.

Hope that helps.

-S

Where does socialization itself come from?