This week we talked about the differences between men and women. We talked about the differences in the brain, as well as female versus male tendencies and what they “usually” do.
I’m sure most of you already know most of these, but women are generally more social. We talked about how little girls when playing dolls for example, are more likely to have the dolls talking to each other, and they’re all sitting down playing with each other. We also talked about how the little boys are more likely to go pick up the toy trucks and zoom them around the room. And, yes they’d talk to their other classmates, but not as much as the girls. Another of the stereotypes is that men are all mean, very physical, and even violent too. Whereas women are more in tune with their emotions, and they can also be violent but tend to be verbally violent, not physically. Another thing we talked about in little kids is that the girls tended to start talking earlier, and more than the little boys. And, one last thing is that women tend to be more relation oriented and men more spatially oriented. What this means is, have you ever asked your parents where to go/how to get somewhere? And your dad will say something like, “Drive north 12 miles, then in this many streets turn left”? And your mom will say something like, “go to the library and turn right before it, then drive past the hospital and keep going until you get to the store”? Or, just something like that. But, men usually couldn’t tell you what’s around it, but can tell you how many streets or miles. And women can usually remember what things are around.
But again, this is just generally. Not everyone fits these specific qualities. Like me for example. Most women are communicators and ask questions. But, I’m not like that at all, and I like to fix things too, like most men do. I’m also not as social as some of my female friends are. BUT, that doesn’t matter.
In class we also talked about how some people in the world don’t feel like they fit under what the world says they should be, so they think that means they’re actually the opposite gender. We also talked about how the world and media make people think that you have to fit exactly under one and you can’t be anything different. Which is NOT true. There are lots of people in the world, and we all can’t be exactly alike, so we have to have differences.
Just because I don’t like to cry in front of others, and because I like fixing things, and I never do my makeup does not make me any less of a woman. Any less of a daughter of God. I was a woman before I was born, and I will be after I die and leave this world. Gender is eternal, and nothing can change that.
With that said, it’s still good to have differences in marriages and families. Having a male and female who are different helps them to work together and learn from and teach each other different skills. My professor said it like this. They should be like two hands interlocking. They’re still similar, but also different. They work together to get things done, and there are no empty spaces. As opposed to when they have most of the same qualities, they’re like two hands where the fingers are all lined up with each other, and there are empty spaces that aren’t filled because they both have the same skills.
Being different is great! If we were all the same, the world would be boring. So, because we’re all different, we can teach and learn from each other and grow together as Spirit sons and daughters of Heavenly Father.
I’m sure most of you already know most of these, but women are generally more social. We talked about how little girls when playing dolls for example, are more likely to have the dolls talking to each other, and they’re all sitting down playing with each other. We also talked about how the little boys are more likely to go pick up the toy trucks and zoom them around the room. And, yes they’d talk to their other classmates, but not as much as the girls. Another of the stereotypes is that men are all mean, very physical, and even violent too. Whereas women are more in tune with their emotions, and they can also be violent but tend to be verbally violent, not physically. Another thing we talked about in little kids is that the girls tended to start talking earlier, and more than the little boys. And, one last thing is that women tend to be more relation oriented and men more spatially oriented. What this means is, have you ever asked your parents where to go/how to get somewhere? And your dad will say something like, “Drive north 12 miles, then in this many streets turn left”? And your mom will say something like, “go to the library and turn right before it, then drive past the hospital and keep going until you get to the store”? Or, just something like that. But, men usually couldn’t tell you what’s around it, but can tell you how many streets or miles. And women can usually remember what things are around.
But again, this is just generally. Not everyone fits these specific qualities. Like me for example. Most women are communicators and ask questions. But, I’m not like that at all, and I like to fix things too, like most men do. I’m also not as social as some of my female friends are. BUT, that doesn’t matter.
In class we also talked about how some people in the world don’t feel like they fit under what the world says they should be, so they think that means they’re actually the opposite gender. We also talked about how the world and media make people think that you have to fit exactly under one and you can’t be anything different. Which is NOT true. There are lots of people in the world, and we all can’t be exactly alike, so we have to have differences.
Just because I don’t like to cry in front of others, and because I like fixing things, and I never do my makeup does not make me any less of a woman. Any less of a daughter of God. I was a woman before I was born, and I will be after I die and leave this world. Gender is eternal, and nothing can change that.
With that said, it’s still good to have differences in marriages and families. Having a male and female who are different helps them to work together and learn from and teach each other different skills. My professor said it like this. They should be like two hands interlocking. They’re still similar, but also different. They work together to get things done, and there are no empty spaces. As opposed to when they have most of the same qualities, they’re like two hands where the fingers are all lined up with each other, and there are empty spaces that aren’t filled because they both have the same skills.
Being different is great! If we were all the same, the world would be boring. So, because we’re all different, we can teach and learn from each other and grow together as Spirit sons and daughters of Heavenly Father.
I love this! You are not less of a woman because you're better at directions than me! You have a lot of your dad's good qualities, too, and that's awesome.
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