Nature didn't really design men to be especially rational, aggressive, or insensitive. A lot of that has to do with nurture.
You hear it all the time: men are supposed to be rational, stoic, and lousy at empathy. And sensitivity is best left to the women.
Via: @wutheringhugs
Between infancy and first grade, boys express their emotions more readily than girls.
Boys are taught to keep a stiff upper lip, but Harvard med school researchers found that young boys smiled, cried, and laughed more to researchers than girls. By elementary school, boys become less likely to express sadness or distress, perhaps because of the influence of parenting and culture.
Via: mii.gamercreated.com
Worldwide, boys aren't any better at math than girls.
Math scores in 86 countries show that boys don't significantly do better at math than girls, either in general or at elite levels. And the "math gap" in the US has been closing over time. In the 1970s, the ratio of boys to girls with high math cores SATs was 13:1. By the 1990s, it was 3:1.
Via: thoughtfulindia.com
