Why a Man Should Never Argue with a Woman

There are probably social and psychological reasons why no man in human history has ever won an argument with a woman.

However, this may well play into it, at least a bit.

From Scientific American:

Scientific literature has been littered with studies over the past 40 years documenting the superior language skills of girls, but the biological reason why has remained a mystery until now.

Researchers report in the journal Neuropsychologia that the answer lies in the way words are processed: Girls completing a linguistic abilities task showed greater activity in brain areas implicated specifically in language encoding, which decipher information abstractly. Boys, on the other hand, showed a lot of activity in regions tied to visual and auditory functions, depending on the way the words were presented during the exercise.

The finding suggests that although linguistic information goes directly to the seat of language processing in the female brain, males use sensory machinery to do a great deal of the work in untangling the data. In a classroom setting, it implies that boys need to be taught language both visually (with a textbook) and orally (through a lecture) to get a full grasp of the subject, whereas a girl may be able to pick up the concepts by either method.

I'm sure it has nothing to do with the way girls routinely ogle boys during test taking times...

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Comments

[Eric]

Brian,

Will Rogers said it best: there are two theories to arguin' with a woman, and neither one of 'em works.

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[Eric]

Oh, and there is a theory regarding this matter in "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee." It is a nice little show if you haven't seen it.