Is there really such a thing as 'women's intuition'?

Question

Is women's intuition a myth? Do men have intuition?

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Answer 1

It is a myth.

Answer 2

yeah we do mothers have more though

Answer 3

Yes it's true, it's more like good discernment, like reading body language, tone of voice, realising something is amiss, etc.

Answer 4

No, but I think women read other people's non-verbal cues better than men and can ferret out when something is wrong in a situation faster than men can.

Answer 5

when it comes to their children, yes I believe women have an intuition.  When it comes to men....obviously women weren't dealt a fair amount of intuition.  :P

Answer 6

I don't see it as more intuition as it is just plain common sense. Things happen and people will start to see a pattern forming and can usualy predict the outcome.

For example kid playing ball in driveway. One possible outcome is kid is gonna get ran over by person driving.

Another example.  Kid has bad habit of putting things in toilet. (mine does) the toilet is ok but something tells the parents to buy a plunger. Next day toilet is flooded.

It isnt so much intution as it is recognizing the things we know will or can happen.

Answer 7

I think everyone has a sort of intuition. Your body picks up on things (pheromones, smells, chemicals, ect) that you don't directly notice but may still make you feel like somethings wrong.

Answer 8

I've always regarded intuition as that feeling in your gut that tells you when something is going to or is happening- whether the event is wonderful, or when something will go horribly wrong.  I don't think that it is regarded as purely a female thing- many men refer to it as a "hunch".   The first poster made a point about mothers.  It does seem incredible that a mother will know if something is wrong with their child, when they have no evidence to point to it.  The sudden feeling that your child is in danger is often referred to as intuition.  But whatever you call it, I'm am glad we've got it.

Answer 9

I think both men and women have intuition. You know in your gut whether something is right or a little off.

Answer 10

Everyone has intuition.  Intuition is merely when your sub-conscious mind knows how you figured something out, but your conscious mind does not.  That makes it seem like "magic" or something, but it isnt at all.

Answer 11

I don't think so.  Women might be more likely to remember or more interested in remembering these sorts of things. . . that's all.

All people have some kind of intuition, but I don't think gender really has anything to do with it.  It's more of a brain/personality thing.  My mom's intuition at the level that it really *does* exist --- filling in gaps in what other people are talking about and the like, not the sort of thing where you're miles away -- is nothing like my dad's.

Answer 12

Women have been encouraged more in society to be more in tune with their feelings and explore spirituality. So intuition is just being in tune with yourself and the things around you, so anyone can have this.

Answer 13

I've never believed in it myself. I don't even believe in intuition in general, just sensation.

Answer 14

I completely believe in it. I've had way too many instances where it's proven itself, and contrary to other posters, I don't have kids-- just a husband I love to death.

I've had too many times where I'm restless, can't sleep, overly anxious and just OFF- and I'll fire off an email to my husband (deployed) and tell him I'm worried, something is wrong, be safe. Every time, without fail, that has been followed up a few hours or days later by a phone call telling me "I'm okay, $&^% got real, and I can't talk now- but I AM okay."  The restlessness and anxiety subside when I hear those words.  We've always had that weird connection, but it's definitely more amped up when he's gone. Fact is, especially in war, you're always anxious, but there is an indescribable difference that is just THERE some days. Not long ago he called to say thank you for the knife I bought him before he left. He got quiet, and told me "I don't know how you knew it, but I needed it, more than you could imagine last night."

Scary, but reassuring. So yeah- I believe in intuition. I never question my gut when it starts twisting...

Answer 15

I agree with "none".

Answer 16

Absolute nonsense.

Answer 17

You bet your boots there is.  Men have it, too but it's called "woman's intuition" because women seem to tune in more with it.

Answer 18

Women's intuition is a myth.

Intuition is coincided with the Moon in our culture's understanding.  The Moon is together with the Woman.  The Moon's phases are The Maiden, The Mother, and The Crone which philosophers associated with the menstrual cycle of a woman; waxing and waning and going on over and over again every month.  This is why they tie Intuition in with the Woman.  As the Woman's menstrual cycle, when observed will wax and wane along with each phase of the moon, from the New Moon, thru the Quarters and Gibbous, all the way to the Full Moon.  The menstrual cycle is said to be a time of heighented intuition for a Woman.

But it IS only a myth, as men can have intuitive abilities as well.  Women do not have any more intuitive capabilities than men.

Answer 19

yes, and they could explain it if they wanted to!

Answer 20

I don't think so, really. But I do believe in a "mother's instinct," it is real.

Answer 21

People, men and women, have intuition.   It's just that some don't use it, recognize it, nor have developed it.  I have a book from the library now about intuition so I've been trying to understand it better.  I know that I have used it in my own life.

Answer 22

I think we both have it and use it at times.  I know I have and I'm a man.  I don't think women are better at it, they just seem to trust it more often than men do.