MALE AND FEMALE MIND

                                               

Are the minds of men and women different ? This question has been baffling me for long. Long back I had read in a psychology book that they are different and this difference ensues since conception. The writer had advanced a premise that even at the stage of embryo, the mind of the girl starts growing larger than her  gender counterpart. This theory envisages that due to larger brain/head size, often the expectant has to deliver a baby child caesarean. She goes on maintaining her mental superiority till the age of 11 years or so. After that due to more exposure outside, the male child not only  catches  but also surpasses her. Moreover, difference in anatomy and due to gender bias, aggravated by social norms, the girl has to struggle with obvious limitations, conceding the space to the male child.

Acharya Rajnish, known for his in- depth original thinking, had something very interesting to reveal. He strongly believed that the Creator had calculatedly made both sexes diametrically separate so much so that both have different approaches to all issues in personal and the life otherwise. So, he strongly debunks the argument of both being similar in thinking. Going further, he says, as a result of this inherent dichotomy, differences of opinion and even scuffles between husband and wife are very natural. According to him, the couple may not have any difference in only one condition in which either the wife is manly or the husband is feminine. Since he did not spare any side, so despite hinging on being controversial, he was not challenged.

Meanwhile, a British research team has advanced some new theories after a prolonged study of the minds of both sexes. Their finding, though claimed to be pathbreaking, to me, it appears akin to the stand explained earlier. They maintain that there is nothing like both minds being different. Mentally, both sexes are similar. The differences come with the exposure and experiences which may be true in either cases. Since it is a debatable subject, still unanswered conclusively, I leave the readers with the view of Jeffery Sugenides, “Biology gives you a brain, life turns it into a mind”.