Male-Female Psychological Differences No one would argue the fact that men and women are physically different. The physical differences are rather obvious and most of these can be seen and measured easily. Men‚ who are essentially built for physical confrontation and the use of force‚ usually have greater upper body strength‚ build muscle easily‚ have thicker skin‚ and mostly use the left side of their brain. Women on the other hand‚ have a higher percentage of body fat‚ and a wider pelvis. Women
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Male Guppies live under the hammer of both predation (natural selection) and female choice (sexual selection). Each selection force opposes the other. On one hand‚ females tend to choose the brighter male with more conspicuous colouration due to the similarities between bright orange and iridescent colours and the ripped fruit that they consume‚ brighter colours underline what scientist called good genes it might also mean high resistance to parasites and other pathogens. On the other hand‚ natural
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Male daughters‚ female husbands Ifi Amadiume Published by Zed Books Ltd in 1987 I chose the book Male daughters‚ female husbands by Ifi Amadiume. The reason I chose this book is because I have always been curious about the role of women in non western countries and why they were viewed as being subservient to men by their own as well as the western world. Ifi Amadiume‚ a Nigerian sociologist with a London University doctorate‚ conducted research in her own family area to study gender and sex
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Male and female have the same basic human need to be understood by others to communicate. We might not agree with every theory of the differences between male and female communication‚ but we do notice some differences from their speech styles to the real goal of their speech as well as their physical aligment when it’s time to talk. Deborah Tannen‚ linguistics professor and author of You Just Don’t Understand‚ believes that men and women differ in the focus‚ or driving force‚ behind their
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Gender Gender is defined as a social distinction based on culturally conceived and learned ideals about appropriate appearance‚ behavior‚ and mental and emotional characteristics for males and females. The difference between male and females are not due to their sex‚ but actually learned behavior from societies expectations. The basic behavioral differences between the sexes only become more obvious with age‚ due to the increase bias brought upon the children by the culture of the society they
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I think what sets me apart is my willingness and ability to challenge the male dominant social paradigm. I am not like many women because those who I speak with only seem to care about their jobs‚ shopping or relationships‚ but I focus more on the how to contribute to society‚ pursue knowledge‚ and compete‚ which is stereotypically aligned with males. This explains why so many men have told me‚ “you think like a man”. I know this is not always a compliment‚ but is a gender stereotype because they
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hemisphere of the male brain. The study has found that the cerebral cortex of the females’ brains are closer together and touches more than males’ brains even though males’ brains are larger than females (Brannon‚ 2002). Women’s brains operate at a higher temperature due to burning more glucose. Also‚ the life time of female brain is shorter than the male brain‚ and women are more propones to degenerative diseases than men. Yet‚ men’s brains are larger‚ it shrinks fast. Males’ uses more brain more
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Is Female to Male as Nature is to Culture Universally‚ the status of a woman in a society is secondary to a man’s status. On the other hand‚ there are societies today that man is subordinate to woman. The treatments and symbolizations of women are diverse and vary from culture to culture. No cultures are exactly the same. In this critical review of Ortner (1974) “Is Female to Male as Nature Is to Culture” I will attempt to give a summary and critical analysis on the article. In the beginning
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Female Dominance or Male Failure? James Thurber illustrates the male species’ status with respect to‚ " Courtship Through The Ages" with a humorous and melancholic tone. He emphasizes the lack of success males experience through courtship rituals and the constant rejection we endure. Our determination of courting the female with all our " love displays" may be pointless as it is evident in the repetitive failures of courtship by all male creatures. Thurber shares his problems with courtship
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MALE CONTRACEPTION Access to effective contraception is a prerequisite of reproductive health. If the goal of ensuring that every birth results from a planned pregnancy is to be achieved‚ a wide range of methods of regulating fertility must be available. Because women literally are left "holding the baby‚" family-planning organizations have traditionally concentrated on female methods. New developments in the last 10 yr‚ including new formulations of the oral contraceptive pill‚ medicated
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