February 04, 2008
"The Today Show" segment
There was an interesting segment on the Today Show on Wednesday (see attached) that talked about "unlocking the male mind" and how the male and female mind are the exact same except for about 1%, which is the part that causes the differences between men and women. The psychologist discuss that this part of the brain cause men to think about "the end of the game"; they don't remember the extreme details that women do during an event (such as a wedding, they might be totally oblivious to the type of flowers, what they ate, but they are focused on the fact that they are getting married--its all about the end result). According to these "experts" women are much more tuned into the "journey"that they take (the emotions they feel while picking out their dress, the wine they drank). Their thoughts are more centered on emotions. One of the things that attribute this difference to is the fact that the Insula and ACC, parts of the brain which is responsible for emotion and "mothers intuition" are sized differently in men and women. This raises a question in my mind that since some of the more feminine gender qualities are linked to the way the brain in constructed, to you think that this study provides any validity that homosexuality and gender identity issues can be linked the idea that you are born gay or straight?
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I have heard this theory before about men just wanting to get to the end result and the women were remembering the journey. Maybe this is why women and men in relationships get in arguments sometimes. Little things matter more to girls sometimes and the guys are more matter of fact and to the point. Of course this is generalizing because we all know that our attitudes are all different, but at least for me, this theory explains some things.
I think that this theory helps me to believe that people are born gay because of the way their brains are developed.
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