How does men and women's thinking differ?

Question

they say that men and women think differently..how do men think different compared to women? are women more emotional than men?

Answer 1

A man thinks about what he wants and projects it on to the woman. For example, if a guy wants to get some action from a woman after a date, he will invite her to his place. If she thinks she is declining by saying, It's getting late. I'd better get home soon, he may just think, Oh, then I guess we'd better speed things up and just do it in the car if she has to get home soon. A woman infers or implies things and expects a man to get what she means instead of just being direct and saying, No, not tonight. Sorry.

Answer 2

Men tend to think and make decisions rationally whereas women tend to think and make decisions emotionally.  This is why it would not be good for a woman to become president.  Bring on the thumbs down but it is scientifically factual.

Shura, your knee jerk reaction to those who say women's decisions are based more on emotion  just proved our point.  You read the posts, got emotional (offended), and reacted by posting what you did.

Answer 3

Science is not exactly on the same page on this. There are researchers who believe the brain has no gender, and there are others that believe there are big differences, for instance, in the way the different parts of the brain process and communicate information.

"Emotion" is not a brain/thinking thing. It's cultural and the product of upbringing. Men and women are both just as capable of feeling emotion as strongly as one another, it's just that men have been drilled not to display it, whereas it's socially acceptable for women.

More murderers are men than women. Surely committing murder is "displaying emotion"?

Edit: The poster below me who huffs and puffs that his opinions are "scientifically" factual is a good example of the fact that some men mistake wishes for logic. Not very logical.

Answer 4

Men are SUPERIOR.  Women are INFERIOR.

Lets look at some different situations and how a man or woman would react.

1. Self-perception

When a man thinks he is fat or ugly, he goes to the gym, swims, and works out.  He has dignity, self-respect, and a hard-work ethic.  He knows what he wants, and he goes after it with no complaining.

When a woman thinks SHE is fat or ugly, she mopes around and eats tubs of ice-cream because she is depressed.  Or she smears more hideous paint on her face to mask the ugliness.  Or maybe she stops eating altogether (a growing disease called anorexia).  All of these are a direct result of women's ignorance, laziness, lack of self-awareness, and general inability to solve problems.

2. Relationships

When a man has a problem in a relationship, he tells his *****.  He doesn't fleet around the bush, or try to conceal it.  Then he comes up with a rational solution, because that is how he is.  He is a rational thinker.

When a woman has a problem in a relationship, she doesn't let it go.  She will "keep it inside" for weeks, months, or even years.  And, of course, all women just want men to "be there and listen to their problems.  Don't try to solve them!"  Why the h**l they would not want to solve the problem is a mystery to me.  Women let their problems linger, and that is why they are inferior.

3. Interests

What are men interested in?

Sports: Physically and psychologically beneficial activities.  Good for losing weight (take note, fat *********.e.s).

Technology: Paving the way to the future in the automotive industry, computer industry, etc.

Women: On Valentine's day and other occasions, men do all the work to be romantic and please their ho, and he gets jack s-h-i-t in return. Google steak and bj day.

What are women interested in?

Make-up: Let's spend money on paint to try and make ourselves look like clowns when we should be losing some weight instead!

Clothes: Lets spend more money!!!

Dramatic/sensitive media: Let's watch 27 Dresses, let's read Romance novels, and let's watch s*x & the City because we're too incompetent to live our own lives and be happy!  Instead, we have to daydream about fictional romance and happiness!

Women should be interested in cooking, cleaning, working-out, and....that's IT.

And please, don't bother calling me a male shovenist pig, because the only thing worse than a male shovenist pig is a WOMAN WHO WON'T DO WHAT SHE'S TOLD.

Answer 5

Tracey, I'm sure what your background is or where you obtained your information, but emotion is not a cultural by product. It's an anatomical fact. The limbic system is the emotional center of the brain and is composed of several structures. It is a scientific fact that women on average have a larger limbic system then men which predisposes them to greater emotional expression.

RN & former Psychiatric Drug Rep

Answer 6

MEN SEE THINGS IN AN OBJECTIVE WAY, NO FEELINGS TO MAKE A DECIONS, THEY THINK ONCE ANALIZE IT AND DO IT, WOMEN ARE MORE SUBJECTIVLY, THEY SINK THEIR FEELINGS TO A PROBLEM, THEY GO AROUND, ASKINK WHAT TO DO HOE TO ETC, I GUESS MEN ARE MORE PARACTICAL, AND WE WOMEN MAKE A MESS WHEN TAKING DECISIONS, NO OFENSE TO ANY ONE.

Answer 7

Well, one thing I've noticed is that when men have a dispute, they fight and when it is over they become buddies, but when women have a dispute, they try to destroy each others lives, and become enemies for life. Women have estrogen which causes them to be emotional and sensitive. Men have tetesterone which causes them to be more inclined to being sexually driven rather than emotionally driven. I guess it has to do with their natural instincts. Women rely their emotions to guide them, while men seem to resort to their animalistic instincts. I hope this doesn't offend anybody, this is just the way I've perceived the differences between men and women. Feel free to correct me if you feel I'm wrong. ;-)

Answer 8

Men think logically and women think emotionally. Women do by what they "feel", Men do by how they "reason".

Answer 9

For those who say men think logically and women think emotionally, do you have any links or sources besided what you see around you? Because I'm a female and as far as I know I don't make decisions based on emotions. In fact I'm not any more emotional than most men I know if not all.

According to this article, men and women do think differently--but as far as the anatomy is concerned. They use different regions of the brain.

http://www.livescience.com/health/050120...

Emotions can be influenced by hormones, i. e. the mood changes that some women experience before their period due to rising hormone levels.

SHAHIN M: Do you actually believe those overgeneralizations are true? I've seen every one of those characteristics in both men and women. I know a lot of men who are lazy, depressive, emotionally immature...and a lot of women who are the exact opposite. And btw everything that you put under 'men' describes me.

SAQ428: What made you think I got offended? If I asked for sources is because I am interested in knowing if this has even been studied or proven. How does that make me emotional? You are not making any sense.

Might as well take that as a 'No, I don't have any links or sources, I'm just generalizing from what I've seen in other women.'

Answer 10

Men are usually better at spatial reasoning, women outperform men on average at object location. There's a whole list of traits (contrary to what Tracey says, these are pretty defined differences) if you're really curious, which you could find online.

Answer 11

They don't, people have differnet theories but they can't say ONE thing that all men have in common with eachother and all women have in common with eachother.

Answer 12

If you take a man and a woman of SAME BODY SIZE AND WEIGHT, a man has bigger brain size and more brain cells.  So there is no doubt that men and women thinking differ.