male and female brains essay for psyc

Although we already know that men and women think quite differently, we still do not fully know why. This is why I choose to write on the differences in male and female brain differences. Although every brain is essentially alike there are some structural differences that tend to vary between male and female brains. Although the male and female brains differ it does not mean that one sex is necessarily better than the other, they seem to be different but equal (1). It has been found that the hypothalamus is quite larger in men than in woman. This structure is the part of the brain responsible for regulating our eating, drinking, and sexual functions. This is why men tend to eat more than women, drink more and generally have a higher sex drive than women. In the female brain the corpus callosum is much larger than in the male brain. The corpus callosum is a band of tissue that connects the two hemispheres of the brain. This tissue also is where epileptic seizure occurs; it happens through an uncontrollable electric current that flashes across this band of tissue. This is why women tend to be more prone than men to epilepsy. Women are also more likely to use both hemispheres of the brain to process information than men. Men are known to use the left hemisphere dominantly, which is known as the logical side. The right side of the brain however is the creative side which women use both the left and right, making women more creative at making things with their hands(1). Also, studies have shown that men loose brain tissue earlier than women and overall they tend to loose more of it than women. Overall men are more likely to loose tissue in the frontal lobe of the brain, which controls thinking and reasoning, and the temporal lobe, which controls hearing. Women are more likely to loose brain tissue in the parietal lobe, responsible for spatial location, and the hippocampus lobe, for memory (1). A possible cause of these structural differences could be that over time women and men have had a certain social status; where men were the logical ones who went to work, and women were the creative housewife (1). Women have always been the ones to make clothes and cook, making their brains use both hemispheres more so than men. Men also had to learn to read maps and know around where they were in order to lead their family. It is a fact that male and female brains have their differences and maybe that is why men and women fit so well in relationships in order to balance out each others flaws and have different ways of thinking. Work cited: 1. Textbook