Differences Between Men & Women

Physical & Mental Differences

Differ in every cell of their bodies (chromosome combinations)
She outlives men by three or four years in U.S.
Metabolism in women is normally lower than that of men
She has shorter head, broader face, chin less protruding
She has shorter legs and longer trunk
First finger of a woman's hand is usually longer than the third
His teeth last longer
She has larger stomach, kidneys, liver and appendix, and smaller lungs.[1]
She has menstruation, pregnancy, and lactation functions
Her thyroid is larger and more active
She has smoother skin and relatively hairless body
She laughs and cries more easily
Her blood contains more water (20% fewer red cells)
Therefore, because these supply oxygen to the body cells, she tires more easily
She is more prone to faint
She tires more easily - Ex. British factories, during war, upped the hours to 12 per day. The accidents for women increased 150%, men = no change
He has 50% more brute strength
Her heart beats more rapidly (80 Vs 72)
Her blood pressure is ten points lower than his is
She has less tendency to high blood pressure
She can stand high temperature better (Her metabolism slows down less.)
Men had 70% more psychiatric casualties (WWII)
Men stutter more (4 to 1)
Men are more color blind (16 to 1)
He has more ulcers, hernias, and back problems
Men murdered more than women (3-1) did
He smokes and drinks more
Men commit suicide more often (2 to 3 times more)
He has twice as many fatal accidents/mile driving
He is more likely to drive through yellow or red light
He is likely to signal for turn less
He is more likely to drink and drive
His death rates from heart disease, lung cancer, and emphysema are 2 to 4 times higher
He outnumbers her in every one of top 10 causes of death
He is taller, with heavier bones, and bigger muscles
He has quicker reaction times
He has higher threshold of pain
He has 10% less body fat
His metabolism rate is 6% faster
He uses more oxygen
He throws off more heat
She has more acute hearing and keeps it longer
She has colder hands and feet but complains and suffers less
She is as healthy at home as at the office
She outlives him by about 7 years
Beyond 80, females outnumber men by two times
She distinguishes colors better
She has sharper sense of taste and smell
She visits doctor more often
She feels sicker from day to day
She takes more prescriptions
She spends more days in bed
She outlives him (11 out of 12)
He reacts more to visual stimuli (even as a baby)
His scull is thicker
About 60% of what comes out of a little boy's mouth is noise
Almost 100% of what comes out of a little girl's mouth is communication
Her verbal abilities as an adolescence increase at the middle of her menstrual cycle
She possess 11% more brain cells in the area responsible for language comprehension
She can notice and remember positions of objects in complex arrangements (he can't find his socks)
He depends on road maps. She depends on landmarks.
She is more sensitive to loud and repetitive noises (from infancy)
She has acute sense of touch, taste, and smell
Her left half of the cortex, which controls verbal ability, develops faster than in males
He snores more
He fights more
His daylight vision is superior
He has thicker veins
He has longer vocal chords
His metabolic rate is higher
Guys are more left-handed
He feels pain less
He ages earlier
He wrinkles later
His immunity against disease is weaker
He looses weight quicker
She is left brain oriented and uses both sides in cooperation
He is right brain oriented and uses one side at a time
He has superior eye-hand coordination
She has an average of 4/5 gallons of blood
He has an average of 1& 1/2 gallons of blood
She has one million fewer red blood cells in each drop of blood
She sweats 24% to 70% less
She, on average, can bench press 37% as much as he can
Her average weight is about 143
His average weight is 173
She spends 6.6 hrs/week eating, and 7.5 hrs grooming
He spends 7.2 hrs/week eating, and 5.3 hrs grooming
68% of guys like the way they look in the nude
22% of girls like the way they look in the nude
28% of females consider themselves pretty
42% of males consider themselves handsome
165 females have face-lifts each day, on average (18 males)
48% of females often feel guilty after eating candy (17% males)
95% of sufferers of anorexia are female. 5% are male.
He is 6-9 times more likely to be hyperactive as a child
His death rate from cardiovascular disease is 77% higher than hers
She commits suicide 6,700 each year
He commits suicide 24,200 each year
She attempts and self-inflicts injuries twice as often as him
She communicates on personal or emotional topics in 60% of the conversation
He communicates on personal or emotional topics in 27% of the conversation

Illustrations

Experiment where 2yr were separated from mothers by a barrier. "The boys tried to knock it down, while the girls cried and talked their moms into unlatching it." ..."The girls were actually more effective in getting past the barriers because they got their mothers to help."

David Buss, an evolutionary psychiatrist at the University of Michigan has confirmed this prediction vividly. He placed electrodes on men and women and had them envision their mated doing various disturbing things. When men imagined sexual infidelity, their heart rates took leaps of a magnitude typically induced by three cups of coffee. They sweated. Their brows wrinkled. When they imagined a budding emotional attachment, they calmed down, though not quite to their normal level. For women, things were reversed: envisioning emotional infidelity- redirected love, not supplementary sex-brought the deeper distress. (Time, Aug 15, 1994 p.49)

"Men who are shown pictures of Playboy models later describe themselves as less in love with their wives than do men shown other images. (Women shown pictures from Playgirl felt no such attitude adjustment toward spouses.)" (Time, Aug 15, 1994 p. 49)

Hunting: That's killing Bambi!

What would you most likely find in a five-year-old boy's pocket? Toys, rocks, knives, string, marbles...) What would you most likely find in a five-year old girl's pocket?

Activity in the male brain crackled in the region responsible for translating primal emotions - such as anger and fear - into action. Activity in the female brain hummed in areas that convert feelings into subtle messages such as those conveyed through facial expressions.

Brain - imaging studies found that women could detect more quickly and accurately than men whether faces zoomed across a screen were happy or sad. "Apparently, Women's brains don't have to work as hard to recognize emotions."

"You can give dolls to boys, but don't be surprised if they use them for hammers." Sheila Moore - did study on "differences"

Research shows that boys are more active, move farther, and show greater interest in such motor activities as creeping, pulling themselves up, sliding and throwing things. Girls sleep more, are calmer, and are less fretful and fussy. "It's easier to quiet a little girl with your voice," "Boys like to be picked up and held. They like the physical contact more."

Boys are slower than girls in learning to control their impulses. After age 2, they say, little boys are twice as likely to explode in anger as girls are, and they become frustrated easier.