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going with ideology (in any direction) in this type of research is useless, it misses potential discoveries that can enhance both women and men lives and even i

going with ideology (in any direction) in this type of research is useless, it misses potential discoveries that can enhance both women and men lives and even improve equality between sexes. The press article is quite shallow, I agree, but the actual research is linked there: https://bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13293-024-00657-5 https://bsd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13293-024-00... You can look at the charts, the distributions clearly overlap a lot, but there are also clear differences. Can't say what the implications are, if any, this is up to research to figure out. PS: it would be very interesting to study brains in transexual people to see if any of those patterns are confirmed and how.

pessimizer 2y ago
> going with ideology (in any direction) in this type of research is useless The only point of this type of research is to go with girlbrain ideology. Otherwise they'd be studying functional differences between people with different ratios of white matter and grey matter, and not obsessing about sex. Instead, what they're doing is looking at any statistical differences that they can find between men and women, and assigning "differences" in the female direction with stereotypes about girls. Typical: > You may know some boys who are very sensitive, immensely talkative about feelings, and just generally don’t seem to fit the “boy” way of doing things. As with all gender differences, no one way of doing things is better or worse. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hope-relationships/201402/brain-differences-between-genders https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hope-relationships/2... Girlbrain and the law of averages as a defense against accusations of misogyny. The standard cocktail.
- benterix 2y ago
  I see your opinion but the fact that some people interpret things as they like doesn't mean the research should be stopped. This journal (Biology of Sex Differences) helps us to understand the biological differences between sexes to provide better therapies etc. It has nothing to do with any ideology as you can understand from the home page itself: https://bsd.biomedcentral.com/ https://bsd.biomedcentral.com/
- dariosalvi78 2y ago
  I disagree that "The only point of this type of research is to go with girlbrain ideology". The paper doesn't provide suggestions about what it means to have those differences, it just shows that such differences exist, even with some large overlaps. The article in the original post jumps to conclusions, which, I agree, are based on prejudices about what it means to be male/female. Research on differences between sexes is useful and often needed for providing tailored health services and even for fighting prejudices or reducing systematic biases in society. Pretending we are all the same doesn't help anybody.

pessimizer 2y ago

> going with ideology (in any direction) in this type of research is useless The only point of this type of research is to go with girlbrain ideology. Otherwise they'd be studying functional differences between people with different ratios of white matter and grey matter, and not obsessing about sex. Instead, what they're doing is looking at any statistical differences that they can find between men and women, and assigning "differences" in the female direction with stereotypes about girls. Typical: > You may know some boys who are very sensitive, immensely talkative about feelings, and just generally don’t seem to fit the “boy” way of doing things. As with all gender differences, no one way of doing things is better or worse. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hope-relationships/201402/brain-differences-between-genders https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hope-relationships/2... Girlbrain and the law of averages as a defense against accusations of misogyny. The standard cocktail.

benterix 2y ago
I see your opinion but the fact that some people interpret things as they like doesn't mean the research should be stopped. This journal (Biology of Sex Differences) helps us to understand the biological differences between sexes to provide better therapies etc. It has nothing to do with any ideology as you can understand from the home page itself: https://bsd.biomedcentral.com/ https://bsd.biomedcentral.com/
dariosalvi78 2y ago
I disagree that "The only point of this type of research is to go with girlbrain ideology". The paper doesn't provide suggestions about what it means to have those differences, it just shows that such differences exist, even with some large overlaps. The article in the original post jumps to conclusions, which, I agree, are based on prejudices about what it means to be male/female. Research on differences between sexes is useful and often needed for providing tailored health services and even for fighting prejudices or reducing systematic biases in society. Pretending we are all the same doesn't help anybody.