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The Male Brain, Explained
MSN - Lifestyle ^ | August 20, 2008 | Laura Schaefer

Posted on 08/20/2008 5:53:05 PM PDT by yorkie

Women have puzzled over it for years—why the heck do men do the things they do? Why do they profess their love for you one minute, then ignore you the next (say, when an Attila the Hun special turns up on TV)? Why can they not remember our birthdays? Let science explain some of these conundrums—and help you rev up your relationships!

Be patient with his memory The hippocampus, where initial memories are formed, occupies a smaller percent of the male brain than the female brain. If on your first date he can't remember where you work, even though you told him all about it when you met, just remember that size matters … hippocampus size, that is. Don't take it personally. (Oh, and don't be surprised when, months down the line, he has no clue you've just changed your hair.)

Don't expect him to get hints Have a crush on him? You may have to put it out there, because men aren't as skilled at women at reading subtle emotional cues........

(Excerpt) Read more at lifestyle.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: genderwars; sexdifferences
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To: yorkie

Men are either horny or hungry. If you see a man who isn’t excited, just make him a sandwich.


21 posted on 08/20/2008 6:27:20 PM PDT by SmithL (Drill Dammit!)
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To: SmithL

I’d laugh, but I have found it to be the truth!


22 posted on 08/20/2008 6:28:11 PM PDT by tioga
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To: yorkie

Women can not explain what they can’t not understand.

Reason

Logic

Why toilet seats should be left up.


23 posted on 08/20/2008 6:29:36 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (Orationem pulchram non habens, scribo ista linea in lingua Latina.***)
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To: Chode
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24 posted on 08/20/2008 6:31:15 PM PDT by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: A.Hun
good one...
25 posted on 08/20/2008 6:33:00 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - CTHULHU/NYARLATHOTEP'08 = Nothing LESS!!!)
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To: Chode

:)


26 posted on 08/20/2008 6:34:37 PM PDT by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: yorkie

Translation: Don’t be upset that he doesn’t talk to you, doesn’t listen to you, and doesn’t remember what is important to you. It’s not his fault. It’s his brain. To his brain, you’re just not that important! That’s all!


27 posted on 08/20/2008 6:38:15 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: altura

She’s awesome.


28 posted on 08/20/2008 6:38:35 PM PDT by krb (If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
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To: woofie
My wife can remember what she ate on November 23, 1983...I do not remeber what I ate at 2:00 today

I remember that I drank a Coke that day and had turkey the next day.

29 posted on 08/20/2008 6:40:13 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Define yourself by what you do, not by your ideology, belief, origins, genitals, etc ....)
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To: yorkie

When you’re a man, the whole world is your urinal.


30 posted on 08/20/2008 6:41:00 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: yorkie

They did a study on this?

Bill Engvall said it all when he said that “Men simply aren’t that deep. We only have 3 needs. Food, sleep, and sex. And we can do all 3 in our pickup trucks!”

Mark


31 posted on 08/20/2008 6:42:07 PM PDT by MarkL (Al Gore: The Greenhouse Gasbag! (heard on Bob Brinker's Money Talk))
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To: A.Hun

32 posted on 08/20/2008 6:42:10 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Define yourself by what you do, not by your ideology, belief, origins, genitals, etc ....)
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To: A.Hun

I don’t see “whine” on the Ladie’s Remote.


33 posted on 08/20/2008 6:44:19 PM PDT by lakey
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To: yorkie

Men do like to talk about relationships. When I see an in-stride completion on a 55-yard post pattern it makes me all mushy inside. Montana-Rice, Elway-Johnson, Brady-Moss, dang it, I can hardly see the monitor for the tears...


34 posted on 08/20/2008 6:55:30 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Secret Agent Man

If a man speaks and there isn’t a woman to hear him is he still wrong?


35 posted on 08/20/2008 7:18:34 PM PDT by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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To: yorkie

I’m not a big Dr. Laura fan, but she did get this right.

With men, if it’s not “I’m horny”, it’s “I’m hungry, make me a sandwich”

Married over 15 years to one very satisfied pleasingly plump man!!


36 posted on 08/20/2008 7:27:03 PM PDT by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: yorkie

“You may have to put it out there, because men aren’t as skilled at women at reading subtle emotional cues........”
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

This is merely a sweeping generalization, true of some but certainly not all, in my experience women are often hopless at reading subtle cues, I have seen women, including both my own wives, exhibit a TOTAL AND COMPLETE lack of any sense of timing whatsoever. The typical female who is home when her husband returns from work starts rattling her mouth a mile a minute as soon as he comes through the door. This is absolutely the worst time to talk to a man about anything. I could rant on and on but let me simply say that all this garbage about women’s supposed superiority is just that, garbage. Just think about Hillary Clinton and realize that she is NOT one of a kind.


37 posted on 08/20/2008 7:30:30 PM PDT by RipSawyer (What's black and white and red all over? Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: yorkie
Speaking for most of us, men are fairly easy to figure out:

If you show cleavage you want sex. If you don't, you want to be respected.

38 posted on 08/20/2008 7:31:20 PM PDT by LiberConservative ("Typical" white guy)
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To: mountn man

“If a man speaks and there isn’t a woman to hear him is he still wrong?”

Yes! Because of female intuition we can pick up your vibes. ;)


39 posted on 08/20/2008 7:36:48 PM PDT by JavaJumpy (We should be embarrassed by a presidential candidate who's embarrassed by us - Mike Church)
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To: mountn man

A woman would say ‘just like always’.


40 posted on 08/20/2008 7:52:21 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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