Are men really more intelligent than women? Why have men been made natural leaders? Why do we always rely on them to make vital decisions?

Well let’s start by analyzing the differences between the two sexes. Women and men aren’t the opposite of one another but on the contrary they complement each other: this means that one isn’t superior to the other when abilities are involved. If men are physically stronger, women are emotionally stronger; sometimes the strong will of women have made them able to go through tougher physical pains and struggles such as delivery and menstrual pain. What man could ever bear the pain of giving birth to a baby? Sounds strange but someone could say that all in all men aren’t as strong as they claim but that women, maternal instinct combined with the love for their loved ones, are better survival in tough times. But even at this point men are still made leaders in every department worldwide. The society has been patriarchal as long as we can remember and the justification has always been the hierarchy inspired by God to men in the Bible. However there are some societies where religions like Islam, Judaism and Christianity are unknown but yet the man is still the head of the home. Why?

The answer is more simple than it seems. Naturally men are instinctive: this means they are physical just like most of their needs. Like wild animals (no offense meant) their main preoccupations are to protect their lives and those of their loved ones and provide them with everything they need to be safe. That’s what we call “Survival Instinct”. Since their role is to protect lives, they have developed the ability to think faster (not necessarily deeper) than women, as it can take less than a second for a life to be broken. They might be insensitive to internal suffering but they sure perceive any type of threat to their safety. This said, we can understand why men are natural leaders but we still haven’t answered another important question: are they really more intelligent?

Being instinctive means thinking primarily of our needs, thus putting ourselves before any other thing. If we think just a moment of those people we repute to be intelligent we’d see they are those who somehow always do all they can to get what they want. Not just anything but the one which requires less time. Normally we say these individuals are smart because they know the easiest and fastest way to success, well men are just like that. Used to think fast when problems arise they give the impression of being smarter but they are simply instinctive because if we should consider every aspect of the decisions they make we’d see that only the antecedent has been considered and not the consequence. Whatever will be, will be. Women on the other hand, being more emotional, are likely to put themselves in other people’s shoes so they always reflect on what can happen if they should act this way rather than that way. This makes them quite slow in decisions making, but that doesn’t make them less capable: in fact they are accurate observers and analyzers.

Knowing this defect of ours of taking too much time to make a decision, we often let the men make those that are required immediately: finance; while we keep the others which concern a farther future to ourselves: getting married, creating a family; long term decisions to be precise.

After this brief but attentive breakdown of the differences between men and women, we can conclude by saying that both sexes are intelligent: men are fast thinkers, while women are attentive observers. However if the latter never think of possible reactions to their actions, the former also take too much time to act. All in all, they are on the same level. One can’t be without the other. The man would go on creating one disaster after the other, while the woman would get old thinking of what move she should make.

Ending: oh, yes! We sure complement each other!

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You basically ended the thread yourself. you've left us with no comments to make.

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izeek:

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men are raised to be leaders. it is not a natural thing that comes from nowhere. from birth they are taught to man up and take charge. of course they are not smarter that women. without women, the men wouldnt be able to function.

so getting married and starting a family are the only examples you have to claim women think 'long term'?

I beg to disagree - many a woman in their 'romantic' haze will say, 'lets get married now - don't worry we'll figure out the details and it will work out in future' While a man might say 'I need to be able to provide and care for this family of mine, to give them at least the basic comfort if not luxuries, if I marry now, I may not be able to exert myself fully and achieve this, let me wait'

Men do not seek their own needs first - Fathers who will deny themselves new cars and clothes and sell their property to send their kids to school are not seeking their own needs first.

I would disagree to the utmost that men are more 'instinctive' - to me women are more instinctive - the instinct to protect, to nurture, to care, to preserve. A man on the other hand would (in most cases) rationally think something out - weigh pros and cons, devise alternative methods to achieve the goal.

I don't think women are slow decision makers, it just depends on the subject matter - a woman will not hesitate to work herself into the ground to save her child's life or provide for her family, she'll do whatever it takes for the most part, while a man might still be considering options and exploring different avenues - the woman will likely move to preserve life in whatever way she can.

Maybe people you repute as intelligent always do anything to get what they want, but that is not my definition of intelligence - the most intelligent people had visions - well thought out dreams and aspirations that helped not only themselves but the world at large. Nobel Prize winners come to mind - chosen for their outstanding work which is often of great benefit to the whole of mankind.

Men do consider consequences, so I disagree with that comment as well - they may choose to disregard some consequences, or rank them differently than you do, but that doesn't amount to not taking consequences

Overall you made an intelligent attempt at a deconstruction of the male and female thought/decision making process, but it is inherently much more complicated than can be treated in your short treatise, as well as your incorrect (in my opinion anyways) premises as to the motivation behind each gender's decisions.

You ppl must have time to be writing all this paragraphs

@ debosky

Right now I am tired and can't afford to debate. But let me say one thing: YOU HAVE HIGHLY OVERRATED YOUR SEX!

@ mich

read through at your leisure and let me have your rebuttal.

PS - the one area men may be said to be 'instinctive' is in their pursuit of women, often times simply for the sake of copulation. I do agree that this is usually selfish, self seeking and damning the consequences (except that of sexual satisfaction and survival of the species )

@ Tetchy

not all discussions can be one liners, but I do admit. . .I do have a predilection for verbosity

Debo
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