what is the difference between men's mind and women's mind?

Answer 1

There are quite a few differences. Some societal and some genetic, most a little of both. The details would fill books and be just as wrong as generalizations.

Here are some of the bigger generalizations. Which are applicable to most people of either sex but you'll find lots of exceptions.

Decisions - Men tend toward logic and are more likely and better able to override emotions. Sometimes to the point men are accused of not having the emotions. Women tend to include emotions and intuition more into decision making.

Language - Women are possessed of highly developed language skills and excel in areas of language. Men can be happy with a one word language using inflection to change meanings as needed and lots of gestures.

Change - Women tend to need security but change is not at threatening. Many men, especially as they grow older come to hate and fear change. Men old or young tend to not care much about security. Instead men trust within for security. Trust in their own ability.

Aggression - The most aggressive women tend to wind up around average in aggression along male standards. Women are far less likely to indulge in physical violence but much more likely to indulge in psyhological warfare with friend and foe. Soap operas were built around the woman's ideal of aggression and action flicks are men's ideal of agression. Men want a clear cut black and white lets kill it/them/something. Women are more likely to analyze and enjoy that analyzation and admire the indirect rather than the direct. Men want conflict to happen rapidly with a clear climax and winner. Women want drawn out conflicts and often do not even seem concerned that there is an ultimate winner.

Love and sex - Women, especially women older than 25 tend to value romance and enjoy sex as a part of romance. Men tend to fall into two extremes. Those who fall in love with anything that smiles at them and those who flee love only to be hunted and tracked down by it. Romance for most men is what you do too keep the woman happy and keep the sex coming in either case. Men express far more with deed, symbolism and gesture and rarely enunciate passion where women often seem lost in the celibration of passion and forget the actual implementation of it. Needless to say this causes much friction. Women feel neglected and men feel like they have to put on fake shows which are out of character for them which leads to resentment and or fatigue.

Math and Science - Men tend to take a very analytical view of math and science. Women use the spellbook method. In other words even women who work in technological fields tend to memorize heavily and not really understand the technology. They just learn how to make x happen if Y is applied to it. Men want to tear x and y apart and see what makes them tick and gain an intuitive understanding. This also produces the imfamous difference in approaches to putting together items in which some assembly is required. Men throw the instructions away and start work. Women carefully prepare the area, set aside tools they'll need, read the directions and follow them to a T whether or not they make sense. Men start assembling and if they cannot improvise another tool to function in the place of the optimal tool they'll then go hunt down the required tool. Men resort to the directions generally only if they fail in assembly or have a part that they just cannot figure out where it goes. Net result is if the directions are well written and all necessary parts and tools are there women will assemble the item in a reasonable time and it will be as it was designed to function. The same item assembled by men will often have parts left over and will function along the lines. Sometimes better, sometimes worse than designed but rarely exactly as designed. If the instructions are faulty or parts are missing, men are likely to put it together anyway figuring out a way to make it work. Women will take it back to the store if possible. If not they will then take it to a man for assembly. Usually accompanied by uncontrollable giggling when the man encounters the same problems then triumpth when the Man gets tired of attempting to follow the design and makes it work despite the poor design or missing parts.

Rules - Men instinctively chafe at rules. Women instinctively make them. Men more often follow the spirit of the rules and are far more likely to interpet the rules and apply them with respect to circumstances. Women tend to view rules as sacred and will rarely apply circumstances. They follow the letter of the law and often to the complete opposite purpose the rule/law/guideline was created for. Women value order. The often abosultely need it to feel comfortable. Men generally do not do well with order and see it as their right of existance to challenge order. To live outside it is almost a right of passage for a boy becoming a man.

Anyway there's some of the highlights.

Answer 2

You can't really expect to get an answer that will clear that up for you, do you? Don't you realize that is one of the questions of the ages?

Part of the difference is hormones. Men and women have different hormones running through their bodies (and of course, their brains).

Women are physically built in different ways. We bear children that need protecting and nurturing.

You really cannot expect a simple answer to an age-old question. Scientifically, too, there have been many discoveries regarding the difference between male and female brains. If you are really interested, why don't you do some research on the web? Clearly you have access to a computer. Look up scientific studies that have been done within the last two to ten years regarding these differences. Educating yourself is always a good way to go.

Good luck.

Answer 3

Hmmmn, I received a forwarded message a long time ago with graphics illustrating the difference between a man and a woman's mind. It was a bit naughty (especially with the man's brain) and crude but there is also some truth in it.

Anyway, the woman's brain was shown showing the different aspects of life that she thinks about such as shopping, children, anniversaries or memory for special dates, etc, you know all the things that men don't seem to think about. The man's brain was shown with only one thought --- and I guess you know what!!

Answer 4

Men often do a lot of inference. Women are more task oriented, so they focus more on doing things exactly the way they were taught to do them. This is why more women are going to college but men dominate almost all science fields. About the only exception to that last part is biology, which is completely memory based. Also, men are almost all the technicians, like car mechanics and skilled trades.

Answer 5

A lot of stuff. It varies between each person, so there is no real answer. A lot of men don't focus enough and only think about their needs and hobbies and don't show affection. A lot of women are sensitive and caring. It depends on the person, everyone is different.

Answer 6

Simple. Women believe EVERYTHING means SOMETHING. Men believe SOME things don't mean ANYTHING!!

Seriously, we like to get to the point, get to the root of the matter. Women like to focus on little, minutiae-like details. They have a tendency to make mountains out of molehills, as it were. And NEVER try to argue with one; it's best to just walk away.

Answer 7

These may help:

http://homepages.luc.edu/~hweiman/GenderDiffs.html
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-07/kki-scm071806.php

Women are more emotionally involved while men possess more of the logical side. Not saying that either one doesn't possess that of the other, just in more amounts. And there are always exceptions to the rule.

Answer 8

You're asking this question to a bunch of people on Yahoo Answers???!!!??? LMAO! There are so many aspects to this question it boggles the mind...so I'm not even going to try!

Answer 9

Far too much to explain in a Yahoo Answers page!

Answer 10

A womans is in her head. A mans is in his trousers. Duh! lol
j/k I think its a difference of how we process thoughts and categorize them. You could say we have different filing systems/