4.4 Our Gender and Our Sense of Self
(Based on The Human Way by Colin Bain/Jill Colyer)

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Gender
Gender Differences:
physical differences between a male and a female.
Gender roles: the role that societies expect a certain gender to play.

Today, gender roles are regarded very differently in society. 

Neurological Differences between genders
1) More men than women are left-handed
2) More men than women favour the right ear when listening; more women then men listen equally with both ears
3) More men than women excel at rotating 3D objects in their heads
4) More women than men prove better at rading the emotions of people in photos

Corpus Callosum: a thick bundle of nerves that allows the right half of the brain to communicate with the left.
~ Theorized that women's C.C. is larger, therefore have better intuition.

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