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Are sex differences a product of social conditioning?

To test that theory, scientists tested the brains of babies still in the womb. The differences were even greater than for adults.

"American researchers managed to do MRI scans of pregnant mothers in the second and third trimesters, with sufficient resolution to image the brains of the babies inside the uterus. They found dramatic differences between female and male fetuses.

For example, female fetuses demonstrated significant changes in connectivity between subcortical and cortical structures in the brain, as a function of gestational age. This pattern “was almost completely non-existent in male fetuses”.

They note that others have found, for example, that female infants have significantly greater brain volume in the prefrontal cortex compared with males. They conclude that “It seems likely that these volumetric differences [found after birth] are mirrored by [the] differences observed in the present study.”

[psychologytoday.com]

DLearn 5 Mar 30
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GI Joe and Barbie, Peter Pan and Cinderella are social gender programming - this whole TG issue is - I believe a new graver part of the Autism Spectrum. Caused by/triggered by heavy metals in vaccines, perhaps, but also exposure to endocrine disrupters in our food, water and body products and invitro as mom is saturated.

It is akin to anorexia - of which we hear very little now - and hormone treatments and surgery are - IN MY OPINION like giving liposuction to an anorexic.

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I’ve noticed that some in our society don’t enjoy or appreciate this diversity in men and women but seem desperate to create a society in which a man can do anything a woman can do and women can do anything a man can do.

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Sure - this is well know that the male and female brain works significantly differently. ANd like everything in nature, there are varying degrees on that spectrum. I disagree with the TG community that says this means there are multiple genders however. There is biological, as well as environment/social influences, which make men men, and women women. Just b/c one variable in that vast equation is analogue, doesn't mean we have to up-heave all of society to make TG bathrooms, TG sports teams, TG housing, etc, etc, etc. Just my 2 cents....

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Knew that the moment each of my two children were born

A boy and a girl. In some ways similar, in other ways very different

Observable by me as being from birth but if these researchers say even more so before birth, I can buy into that

Psychology is a very interesting field and Psychology Today excellent

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Obviously men's brains must be more efficient 😉

Men's brains are task focused, like in killing the prey.

Women are relationship focused. Understanding children are their Forte

But don't underestimate a woman. My daughter is a member of the Frag Club, has thrown live hand grenades and lives

@Phrankhs I concur. Underestimating another human is the dumbest thing someone can do.

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Thank You very much ... Really appreciate that ... i think there is a feed back control loop design that says females must challenge to find a worthy dominant ... perhaps why islam works so well? ... perhaps why lovely little cuddly male felines sadly must become obsessive filthy disgusting stinking piles of scar tissue ... some of the French nature movies are instructive ... the one on the honey badger ... and some on baboon social structures

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Ha knew it all along, will pass on to my ex!!

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A great article, many thanks for sharing. Ties nicely with Simon Baron Cohen's research.

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