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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN5R2LWhTrY    EP1 If boys and girls are treated differently, they will act differently Very few differences in their brains Brains development is related to society Experiences teach children different skills and attitudes based on gender Girls underestimate their abilities and have lower confidence and self-esteem The only emotion boys could express well was emotion Girls underestimate, boys overestimate Girls had lower confidence and boys had trouble with sympathy Seeing men and women in professions they don't usually do can help their perceptions Less then 10% of engineers and less than 20% architects are women Boys may be encouraged to play games based on spacial awareness When adults choose toys for children this could lead them to conform to stereotypes, forcing on identity onto them Boys get angry when they don't achieve ambitions and can't verbalize their emotions  Interventions may not work on their own http...

Deborah Tannen's Six Contrasts 1- Status vs Support Men like to feel dominant in conversation whereas women use their language to support the ideas of others. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1jzdSzGHnA 2- Independence vs Intimacy Men are concerned with status and don't want to be reliant whereas women want to feel close to the people they communicate with. 3- Advice vs Understanding Men like to offer solutions as they see it as a challenge whereas women want to be empathetic with others and understand their problems. 4- Information vs Feelings Men are concerned with information and details to help them with challenges whereas women want to know people's feelings in order to help. 5- Orders vs Proposals Men like to give orders to show status in given situations whereas women propose ideas so as not to offend people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8Vw2XBeDmk 6- Conflict vs Compromise Men cause conflict in order to gain/show status whereas women will com...

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2702un On average, men do better in spatial awareness tests etc. and women are better at reading emotions Differences in the brain do not necessarily relate to behavioral differences Monkeys who have not have been socialised still had toy preferences. Boys = trucks  Girls = dolls More males have autism than females Males with autism could show the extreme male profile Higher testosterone shows a more male brain Differences in the brain generally occur in teenage years (13-18). This could be due to their social pressures Pain is more uncomfortable for females. They have less tolerance