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“Men are rom Mars and Women from Venus” agan!
This is an old walnut “Men are from Mars and Women are form Venus” but this study may be of interest as it is based on MRI brain activity scan and attempts to see the whole brain in action so to speak rather then a focus on what might be called male or female traits.
The article is from The Guardian:
The article looks at a study done by Daphne Joel, she concludes:
“We show there are differences, but brains do not come in male and female forms. The differences you see are differences between averages. Each one of us is a unique mosaic,”
“Sex affects the brain but how it affects the brain depends on other factors. The effects of sex can be different and even opposite under different conditions. This is why you can be highly masculine on one feature but highly feminine on another feature,”
and the concluding argument that Joel and the article wishes to make is:
“According to Joel, the study should prompt people, and society at large, to think far beyond a person’s sex. “We have to treat each person according to what he or she is and not according to the form of their genitals,”
“but wait a minute” isn’t this the same conclusion that John Oliver makes in his segment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmoAX9f6MOc
I apologies in advance to readers that are aware that John Oliver has been covered in other posts. Just that I like the thought of a comedian got there before a scientist.
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Thanks Sara. Good to see that science is catching up with experience and intuition. Isn’t ‘Each one of us is a unique mosaic’ a beautifully poetic and evocative phrase too? I do love it when science and human arts start using the same language. As you suggest, I suspect humanity and (good) humour – as in the John Oliver clip – probably make the greatest impact in change.
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Sara thanks for that , it was very interesting to see how some of the situations can be made funny when they clearly are not for the poor woman and men involved , it is a shame this still goes on but it is getting better slowly .
However this does make me think about the Transformal 2015, when we were there this year we were asked not to use the toilets down stairs , i honestly did not look or see the signs but i was told towards the end of the night and then saw the signs , this is a good example of the double standard .
Dont get me wrong the Carrington look after us very well and i love going to Transformals , but after watching this video it makes me think about the toilet situation , what is wrong with us girls using the toilet down stairs ??
They are happy to book all of us in there knowing 100% who they are booking but then ask us not to use the standard toilets ??
I dont want to cause any issue there but i find it interesting , what do you think about it ?
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I think on the Sunday, the Carrington ‘hosted’a wedding and the following reception. Perhaps the Carrington was a little worried the male wedding guests, a little under the weather may be confused with who is whom. Might have been a little embarrassing.
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I could answer and explain that just because we have “transgender rights” doesn’t mean we only think of ourselves, and sometimes better outcomes for all of us may come from showing some sensitivity to others. But discussion about Transformal is so far from the original topic of this thread I would be commenting way off thread. What has unisex toilets possibly got to do with brain sex?
If anyone is interested in understanding the complexity of organising Transformal then post away in the TransFormal threads and I’ll try to illuminate. But please keep this thread for the original topic.
