THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN

MEN AND WOMEN

Jimmy DuHamel
Principles of Biology
12/9/15
Professor Boychick

SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE

In the mid-19th century researchers believed that they could tell the sex of a person
by just looking at their disembodied brain.
But, recent research by scientists and neurologists has concluded that the claim of
early researchers is false.
Also, it has been observed, studied, and been deemed true that men and women
are incredibly similar on a neurological level and even a biological level within the
brain.
This study has also observed that typical stereotypes of men and women are not as
true as once thought.
For example, Daphna Joel, a neuroscientist at Tel Aviv University in Israel and her
team analyzed two large datasets that evaluated highly gender stereotypical
behaviors, such as playing video games, scrapbooking, and taking a bath. Only
0.1% of subjects displayed stereotypically male or female characteristics and
behaviors

COMPARING THE TWO BRAINS

A Mans brain

A Womens brain

WHY IS THIS TOPIC IMPORTANT?

This topic is very important because for the longest time throughout history
men and women were separated in so many different ways because they
were physically different and thought to be biologically different.
Well, obviously that is not true because the brain of a male and female are
the two biggest similarities men and women share.

This topic is also important because it can help break down barriers between
men and women because now they are similar on a biological level as well.
Also, now knowing the similarity and neuroscience with the male and female
brain it dispatches the idea of single-sex education.

SINGLE-SEX EDUCATION
Single- Sex Education is the practice of educating male and females
separately within schools or even in different schools.
This type of education was invented because there was a thought that both
young male and females could not properly learn and interact in a school
environment.
Even though these types of schools are not as prominent today there are still
many institutions including high schools, boarding schools, and universities
that use this type of education.
But, the reason it is important to learn that male and females brains are very
similar and it dismisses this type of education because social interaction with
the opposite sex is actually very important in a young child and young
adolescent teens life.

GENDER WITHIN SOCIETY

The new finding also can give us a new definition and importance of gender
role in society.
Before, it was believed that gender was a big separating factor in society
and we still see those effects today with men getting higher ranking jobs and
larger salaries then their female counterparts.
Even though this difference is slowly disappearing it is still around in some
corporations, but with the new study and finding it puts a strangle on gender
inequality in society.
Lastly, the importance of the findings of the similarity between male and
females brains is important within gender roles in society because it proves
that there should be no gender gaps and men and women should have
equal opportunity.

STUDYING THE BRAIN OF MALES

AND FEMALES
Daphna Joel, a behavioral neuroscientists at Tel Aviv University in Israel says that
these findings have broad implications such as, researchers studying the brain may
not need to compare males and females when analyzing their data.
This is a broad implication because it changes the way neuroscientists study the
male and female brain.
Because there are now so many new found similarities male and female brains have
to be looked at the same way because any difference can completely change the
outcome of their research.
Lastly, this is a broad implication because now the data that they have received
can and has to be grouped together since there is no differentiating factor such as,
neurological pathways, brain wave activity, different parts of the brain and their
sizes and functions, and sensory capabilities.

THE NEUROLOGICAL PART OF THE

BRAIN
The Cortex, Frontal Lobe, Motor Sensory,
Cerebellum, and Hippocampus part of
the male and female brain are the
most similar parts.
The part that really surprised the
researchers that was similar between
men and women was the
Hippocampus, the memory part, was
just about identical.
This is a huge breakthrough because it
proves that everybody has about the
same memory capacity, ability to
remember certain events, and the
same range of time that events are
remembered.

HOW IT RELATES TO BIOLOGY

This relates to Biology because it goes in depth into the neurological, also
known as the Limbic System, and breaks down each part and even brings
sex into the equation and shows that male and females are similar on a
neurological level within the brain.

Also, it involves the limbic system which is responsible for the basic emotions
such as; fear, pleasure, anger and drives such as; hunger, dominance, care
of offspring. Also, the limbic system involves memory.
Biology is the study of life and living organisms and their structures and how
they can grow and evolve. This topic also relates to Biology because it
involves the structure of human brains and how they can grow and evolve.

HOW IT CAN EFFECT THE FUTURE

OF BIOLOGY
Future Biology can be effected with this new finding because it can be a
great tool for exploring the biological basis of those differences.
This is important to future Biology because it can tell us, besides obvious
gender differences, what makes a man a man and what makes a women a
women and how that traces back to the neurological part of the brain.

It is also a groundbreaking study and finding because it can also shed light
on why men or women are more likely to obtain certain diseases then the
other.
For example, it can shed some light on to why men are five times more likely
to get autism or why women are twice as likely then men to become
severely depressed at least once in their lifetime.

HOW DOES IT RELATE TO OUR

LIVES TODAY
This research and finding relates to the world today because in many
different aspects men and women are still considered different within society
and around the world.
But, obviously, with this new finding that is not as true as once thought.
Also, it can relate to todays society because it diminishes the idea of singlesex education and it also diminishes the stereotypes between men and
women.

Lastly, this finding relates to todays society because it also effects how the
future societys will study men and women now starting in the brain from a
neurological level.

ANY QUESTIONS?

WORKS CITED
Wheeling, Kate. "The Brains of Men and Women Aren't Really That Different,
Study Finds." Sciencemag.org. Science Magazine, 25 Nov. 2015. Web. 28
Nov. 2015.