Gender Differences

Currently, it is still unknown how different men and women really are, at least in the aspect regarding the brain and one’s thought processes. It is a controversial topic, just being discovered and many studies conflict with each other regarding the subject, which leaves for open questions and missing answers. Originally, there was a common understanding that at least cognitively, both genders were born similar. The way their environment affected them was what made them different, and the society surrounding them believably had the largest impact on the difference of an individual. In contrast however, studies in recent times conflict with these older beliefs revealing quite the opposite. Some of today's psychologists agree that a few differences exhibited by male and female brains are innate (Khazan). To be specific, each gender has been found to have correlations in the way they both navigate. Men are more likely in dealing with directions to go about it in a cardinal fashion, using an innate, spatial ability to guide themselves. They rely on specific directions and knowledge in order to correctly know exactly where they are or what they are looking for is in relation to their environment. While females typically navigate memorizing landmarks to travel (Navigational Differences). There are many different theories concerning as to why both genders may have this relation, and as of now they are still being looked into with highly successful studies. As time passes, more and more of these studies are revealing information about the brain, and innate differences among it and the genders. Evidence proves that since the day they are born men and women are different mentally, specifically in the way of navigating and following directi...

... middle of paper ...

...rding directions based on intuitive navigation, and support the basis that navigation may be a natural skill relating to one’s mentality.
Gender is a defining character trait in regards of mentality. It influences the way a person thinks, and evidently controls how a person navigates. And although there may be many different ways for someone to navigate, the basis of navigation is used similarly between males and females. Since the day they are born men and women’s brains are wired differently, and continue to grow and mold in a consistent way relating to the particular gender. Specifically, regarding the topic of navigation and following directions, the different mental factors among people lead them to have different tendencies. For both sexes it is natural the way they think and use their brain to them from birth the way they guide themselves when traveling.