Men, Women: Maybe We Are Different

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Women are drastically underrepresented when it comes to executive jobs. For example, in the state of California only 10.4% of women hold the highest paid executive jobs, and 47% of companies contain only men in their boardroom. Based on these numbers, it appears that either companies are scared to put women in the executive positions or fewer women are qualified or skilled enough for the executive positions compared to men. However, there is also the possibility that the way the brain works differently for both genders plays a significant role. If the brain causes men and women to think differently it could cause men and women to have different priorities and excel at different skills. Therefore, I am intrigued with the question, are the male and female brain dissimilar? This is important to understand, because our brain is what controls us as humans. Understanding how the brain works for males and females will help us further understand each other.

Sandra Witelson is a neuroscientist who has spent much of her career studying the brains functions, and how they differ in women and men. In an interview done in, “"Science Suggests Men and Women Think Differently,” she explained her thoughts on the male and female brain. When asked about the significant differences in the male and female brain that she discovered through her research, she replied: “The very first one that I reported was that when a young boy is doing things relevant for reading, he is using one side of his brain. He uses the other side for non-reading skills. In a girl, there is much more of a bilateral involvement in these skills. So, in the normal six-year-old, the brain is organized to do the same task, but it's organized in a very different way.” In other words,...

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