Female brains and the imposition of gender norms, ideals, and ideology

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Female brains and the imposition of gender norms, ideals, and ideology

https://www.nbcnews.com/better/wellness/can-you-tell-which-brains-are-male-neither-can-these-n471751

“Our study demonstrates that although there are sex/gender differences in brain structure, brains do not fall into two classes, one typical of males and the other typical of females, nor are they aligned along a ‘male brain–female brain’ continuum,” Daphna Joel of Tel Aviv University and colleagues wrote.

In fact, they found, most people are somewhere between clichéd ideas of male and female when it comes to brains, they said.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210325115316.htm#:~:text=%22Men%20and%20women's%20brains%20do,head%20size%20is%20accounted%20for.%22

How different are men and women's brains? The question has been explored for decades, but a new study led by Rosalind Franklin University neuroscientist Lise Eliot is the first to coalesce this wide-ranging research into a single mega-synthesis. And the answer is: hardly at all.

The notion that men and women think differently is nonsense. Our brains work the same way. Hormones and socialization play a role in what aspects of life we emphasize but we are basically the same. It is natural for men to be nurturing and women to be aggressive.