The Scientific Difference Between Female & Male Brains with Dr. LouAnn Brizendine

[@nedadjenisijevic8710]

it starts at 3:40 😸

[@jerilynweber317]

the Autistic brain seems like the "male brain." The definition of Autism was decided before brain scan research. Can autism be redefined with this additional knowledge. Most autistics are male.

[@icysnow57cold64]

I have a question. How do males and females bond with each other? I don't see how men and women can bond (especially romantically) with each other. Women can build incredible friendships and become very close to each other in a way men can't bond, and science shows that women can bond very well with each other. Generally, women are even more social than men are. After something bad happens, a woman quickly rushes to talk to all of her female friends to get support, whereas a man can isolate himself and grief alone. Women tend to be more emotional, more caring, more empathic, more compassionate, more affectionate, more loyal, more nurturing, more understanding, more sympathetic, more sensitive, more kind hearted, more peaceful, more calmer, more gentle, more expressive, more intuitive, and more outward than men are, and thus bond more with other women in a special way that they can’t with men. Men, on the other hand, are not that emotional, and thus can’t bond with other men in a special way. Women are more comfortable being around with other women than they are with men. They have a type of bond that usually men with women won’t really have, or with men and men. Men are usually much lonelier than women are. Men don't often talk about their personal problems with their male friends like how women do with their female friends. Females produce a lot more oxytocin than males do. And that's a reason why women tend to hug a lot more and be a lot more physically affectionate than men do.

[@alyssakinzinger3497]

i think there could be a reason, even if it sounds stupid. balancing each other out. yes, usually women are more bubbly and all of the above, women usually tend to take care of the house and the children, and men tend to go to work and more i think its also a matter of who someone is attracted to, which of course varies upon person to person, but generally a person looks for someone with similar interests, but a different personality, thus balancing each other out and it just works that way i guess

[@icelugedoctor]

You listed a lot of things about women that are only a little true. Most of the sainted attributes you listed are only temporary and often fake. Men feel all those things for real and do not diverge much. Women are pretty heartless and are only kind in any way of it directly benefits them, including in love. The wind changes and the man that did EVERYTHING for her means nothing. I’ve seen it all over.

[@icysnow57cold64]

Men are usually much lonelier than women are. Men don't often talk about their personal problems with their male friends like how women do with their female friends. Females produce a lot more oxytocin than males do. And that's a reason why women tend to hug a lot more and be a lot more physically affectionate than men do. Most daughters have a very strong bond with their mother, while they don’t have one with their father, and most sons don’t have that strong of a bond with neither their mother nor their father. Most females have a very strong bond with their sisters, while they don’t have one with their brothers, and most males don’t have that strong of a bond with neither their sisters nor their brothers. A big reason why many women hope to have a daughter instead of a son when they are trying to get pregnant is for the experiences one doesn't get with a son, like shopping for her prom dress together or going for mother/daughter manicures. In many cases as a girl grows up, she becomes closer to her mother whereas boys aren't generally as close with their parents. And also, it's also harder for females to bond with their brothers than it is with their sisters for the exact same reasons. The bond that two females have with each other is the strongest bond of them all, and that's one of the reasons why sayings like “girls always have to stick together” exist. The friendship of males and females can hardly be as good as a female to a female relationship from a woman’s point of view. How can a man and woman have a special strong type of bond with each other if women have a special strong type of bond with each other while men don’t have one with each other?

[@icelugedoctor]

You make a lot of false assumptions. Women socialize with friends but it’s mostly fake. It’s just the way they are, trying to please while talking bad behind their backs. Men are more solitary because we can do that. I have friends from childhood that live out of state and when we get together nothing has changed. It’s stronger than women’s fake associations. If you look up the traits of a narcissist you will find that it closely resembles a woman’s traits. Men are better people in that we are strong enough to weather a downturn while women are opportunistic and won’t go in the foxhole. Women’s feelings change day to day but a man is solid. He can’t be as fake affectionate as you because he’s programmed to protect you from wolves. Women are just more shallow and materialists. They care about what they can get from people, men dot care about that because he gets it for himself.

[@onexonesie]

I think this is all generalization. A lot of women are catty with other women. You have to sort of give up your identity to be in a female group, and deviatating in anyway is drama and gossip waiting to happen. The bonding is superficial surface bonding. I've barely seen a female friend group that has lasted over the years. Something always breaks them up. So idk where you're getting all of your information from. Whereas men, aren't as quick to bond because men are a lot more emotional than you think. When men bond it's seems a lot more deeper, that it doesn't need the superficial "keeping up with the jonses" vibe that women have. I've heard many man say thry will die for someone they consider their brother, I've yet to hear a woman talk about another woman like that. Just because men aren't super expressive doesn't mean their emotions don't run deep. The more real something is doesn't need all the bells and whistles to prove its real. Male friendships last a lot longer, but they're fewer and farther between because they're more profound. Women can be "friends" with the whole neighborhood but it doesn't necessarily mean their bond is stronger.

[@Emma88178]

This is still highly controversial since many other scientists have argued that there’s actually not a whole lot of differences between men and women and we’re more alike than we are different. Because we are of the same species after all.

[@IdelUralState]

A pussy can destroy you. But you can't destroy pussy. It's physically impossible. That's the biggest and main difference. You can only reach 50% at most, but women can reach 100+%. Think about it.

[@johnjohnny1822]

Symbiosis is the basis of our biological life cycles

[@treelinehugger]

A man is more like a woman than he is like a rock. You have said nothing useful. When a Women's Studies professor declares men and women are the same, she is making an ideological statement that has more in common with the dogma of a cult religion than it has with science. She is not a scientist and she is not doing science. She is preaching her religion with zero evidence. Among real scientists, there is no disagreement. Men and women are less alike than previously thought (by scientists). Their brains are wired differently. This is not a small difference.

[@Skurian_krotesk]

Because alot of scientific reserch got held back by politics out of fear of sounding sexist.

[@bobten3092]

It's obvious that we're more similar than we are different (just as David A Wasmer, Sr said), we're obviously not going to be more related to rocks, flowers or chimpanzees than the other gender of our species, but that doesn't mean that there aren't many differences that we have.

[@heather4230]

Where are the references to Maccoby's so-called scientific studies so that listeners can easily review Maccoby's work that seems to be taken as "true." It seems impossible that her 40 years of observing pre-schoolers tells us much about nurture vs nature considering these children had parents and other adult influencers who were living sexist lives and influencing their kids at home. Consider all that the kids were exposed to at home from birth and daily, including any books, magazines, church, other media, the parents, and thus kids were greatly influenced of course. To make the sorts of claims Brizendine makes, there would have to be inhumane studies and illegal studies, we'd have to take baby humans and put them in a highly controlled environment from birth through pre-school. That's never going to happen. So Brizendine is placing too much bias in her claims and speaks too matter of factly.

[@SCUBONZIES]

I'm never having kids!