New Scientist article summary
In this article by Jessica Hamzelou, it is argued that the common theory that there are "male" and "female" traits and that males are better at certain things and females are better at others is actually false, and in fact most people have a mix of traits that we label "male" and "female" - for example being better at multitasking. Scientists at Tel Aviv University have discovered via brain scans that there are not two types of brain like most people once thought, and instead they found very few people had all of the brain features they would expect based on their sex. Instead, most people had a mix of features that originally people thought would only be found in male or female brains. Daphna Joel, a scientist involved with the study, says “We separate girls and boys, men and women all the time, it’s wrong, not just politically, but scientifically – everyone is different.” But not everyone agrees. Other scientists say that as a sexually reproductive species, identifying a person's biological sex will always be of paramount importance, they say.
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In this article by Jessica Hamzelou, it is argued that the common theory that there are "male" and "female" traits and that males are better at certain things and females are better at others is actually false, and in fact most people have a mix of traits that we label "male" and "female" - for example being better at multitasking. Scientists at Tel Aviv University have discovered via brain scans that there are not two types of brain like most people once thought, and instead they found very few people had all of the brain features they would expect based on their sex. Instead, most people had a mix of features that originally people thought would only be found in male or female brains. Daphna Joel, a scientist involved with the study, says “We separate girls and boys, men and women all the time, it’s wrong, not just politically, but scientifically – everyone is different.” But not everyone agrees. Other scientists say that as a sexually reproductive species, identifying a person's biological sex will always be of paramount importance, they say.
Read the full article here.
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