What is the difference between men and women? Physically there is very little difference since we are all constructed from the same genetic code and even our gender based differences are only the same organs being used for different porposes.
So the only true diffence is one chromosome, there for physical difference cannot be quoted as the defining difference.
So therefore what IS the difference between men and women?
Please explain your answers.
I thank you in advance.
2007-02-14 10:38:07 · 9 answers · asked by Arthur N 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Check out women studies (a subcategory of social science).
Explanation: women studies (as 'gender studies') are concerned with gender differences, relations between men and women, etc. Contemporary scholars say gender is a social construction, everything we think and say about it is social, even our sexual desires are! I recently wrote an essay for a course 'gender studies' on sexual scripts and gender. It really clarified that biological terms are social just as every other term.
2007-02-14 10:51:38 · answer #1 · answered by Johannes 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, we are also different in or bodies. Women have a wider pelvis in order to have children (which is why you can determine gender just from the pelvic bone). But, as far as mentally goes: Women and Men are not all that different. It is the argument of nature vs nurture. Most men are born with more testosterone than women, and women are born with more estrogen. Estrogen is normally considered a female hormone and testosterone is considered the male hormone. This means that usually men who act with more 'feminine' characteristics, when tested, tend to have more estrogen in their systems. It is false tho, to believe that estrogen and testosterone levels determine sexuality. Sexuality is as much a physiological as it is a psychological difference.
2007-02-14 18:53:21 · answer #2 · answered by princesskae4 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Physical difference IS the ONLY defining difference!
2007-02-14 18:43:37 · answer #3 · answered by thatoneguy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A difference is a difference and 'the difference' is an understatement. The Will is positive, the Judgment is negative.
2007-02-14 19:37:43 · answer #4 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Genetic chromosomes difference and anatomical differences.
2007-02-14 18:58:57 · answer #5 · answered by Mike J 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The brains are different due to the harmonal differences. That's two major differences.
2007-02-14 20:43:34 · answer #6 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
physical attributes n emotions b/c women r more emotional then men...
2007-02-14 20:06:04 · answer #7 · answered by GiiGii 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try to look at it this way:
Woo- man
2007-02-14 19:41:16 · answer #8 · answered by Alex 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, whatever it is, "Viva la difference!"
2007-02-14 18:45:31 · answer #9 · answered by clicksqueek 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋