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ctorg

[A 2021 comprehensive review of the past 3 decades of neuroscience research](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763421000804?via%3Dihub) found: > • Few male/female differences survive correction for brain size. > • When present, sex accounts for about 1% of variance in structure or laterality. > • Male and female brains are monomorphic, not dimorphic, in structure and function. But this infographic has pink and blue brains, so I don't know who to believe!


Renegade_Angel_

The only relevant difference we learn about in med school is how hormonal differences affect the later stages of brain upkeep and rewiring / learning. Women produce more dendritic spikes even at later ages in comparison to men, which is why men are more likely to develop schizophrenia. Hormonal differences also account for how mental disorders may present differently in men and women. But yeah, male brains like lists and cars and stuff and little boys playing with dolls in child abuse /s.


helga-h

So machines were essentially invented to fill a void in the male brain. For 200000 years men had this gaping sense of emptiness and then someone invented the 4x4 pickup truck and the male biology was completed.


TheMainEffort

Before cars it was horses. Before horses it was the Flintstone cars. Before the wheel it was sticks I guess, this joke has really lost steam


Youkno-thefarmer

That’s really interesting, thank you!


[deleted]

Disclaimer: taking turns playing an NES game with the wife so I couldn't read the above study atm... But wasn't there also a study that said brains change based on culture, and that the culture basically teaching women and men to think and behave differently accounted for more than the differences we do see?


[deleted]

I think this makes sense. Society dominates so much of how we perceive the world. Look at gender. Society tells us what being a girl is vs what being a boy is when in reality gender doesn't even matter and is only given meaning in the social cultural context.


morithum

Choices, choices!


MyMurphy2018

Well crap…it looks like me and my husband swapped brains!


Gluebluehue

Correction, it has pink and black brains because the female one is burnt from straining too much trying to appreciate a painter's technique.


Vexachi

Bruh apparently I'm bigender now - 3 points male, 1 female... I'm a woman btw. 🤔 "Like to make lists" Who the heck doesn't? They're convenient af.


michease_

i dont like to make lists...


TheBeanMan3000

gasp*


Shy-Historian

Me neither my schedule is completely up to the gods


Script_Mak3r

Yeah. Like, if I need a list, I can make one, but *like* it?


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michease_

idk...


KeepCalmNSayYesDaddy

Welcome to the club! The beer and peeing distance contests will commence shortly. Most women I know are obsessed with lists. I don't think many guys are.


netuttki

Have you met analysts? Accountants? Pilots? 😁


KeepCalmNSayYesDaddy

😂 Checklist Manifesto was written by a guy.


rabidturbofox

Did. Did they accidentally make an argument supporting gender identities outside the binary?


18hourbruh

I can’t really imagine 90% of people are all one column or the other?


DracoTheBoomer

sounds familiar 🤔


the_other_Scaevitas

4m 4f here, yes they are


EdiblePsycho

It potentially was not completely accidental. Obviously it's a massive over simplification, but there certainly are traits that are more common *on average* in females and more common *on average* in males. No person has exclusively "masculine" or exclusively "feminine" traits, so everyone's brain is somewhere in between. I'm not sure of what value there could be to dividing traits into "feminine" and "masculine." Maybe as a theoretical model to show how collections of traits associated with gender appear on a spectrum? And then you could look at the effects that genetics, environmental factors, and culture have on those traits, and how those affect gender identity. Actually that would be interesting, if nothing else! But I doubt whoever made this was really thinking along those lines, especially since they refer to male and female brains instead of masculine and feminine brains.


swanfirefly

And they also completely ignored gendered stereotypes like "men don't look at/ask for directions". See: my stepdad who refuses to look at a map when travelling and when we travelled when I was younger we had "adventures" which was code for we got lost.


EdiblePsycho

Haha mine too, except our code was "taking the scenic route" 😂


CHClClCl

I'm...60% male, 60% female? I'M 120%!! I'VE DONE IT!!


-LemonyTaste-

\*cries in adhd\*


SeaOkra

2m and 3f here. Maybe 3m. I love reading non fiction but I love fiction just as much.


memester230

I dont like it. It just demotivates me because I can see all the stuff I have yet to do.


some-guy-100

I don’t make lists bc they just stress me out and I never follow them and I just think abt the things that need to get done on my list knowing I should do them but I wont


tallbutshy

>Bruh apparently I'm bigender now [You are](https://i.redd.it/nf7vybdojju81.png)?


Impenistan

https://i.redd.it/s2pgsc0iyf5x.jpg


ipeltpeoplewitheggs

F: Inconsistency 3: Lists 5: Repitition 5: Repitition


bouchandre

I like to think about making them but I rarely make them


rabidturbofox

I make them and then refine them into even more obsessively categorized lists to better procrastinate on doing any of the actual tasks contained therein


CelikBas

Apparently I am now 60% male and 40% female


the_other_Scaevitas

The inly reason I make lists is because of programming


Pradfanne

>Who the heck doesn't? Women don't. Women hate lists! Just quite curious that mostly the women in my family and friend circles are the ones making lists. so....


lilaliene

Yeah I'm able to chat with anyone but also like to make lists. Good at exact sciences but also admire the beauty in a painting. I'm screwed i guess


Zelthra

Meanwhile I'm actually bigender and none of the "male" ones apply to me... Remember friends, don't look to terrible memes for validation :P


Moon_likes_bees

k.. but like, what if u have 3 points "male" and 3 "female"? This is just stupid haha "oh, you like computers and tech stuff? That means you surely have a male brain. Females can't like tech" like wth?


Renegade_Angel_

Which is why males didn't exist before the industrial age /s It all makes sense now, doesn't it?


Impenistan

Help, I enjoy reading fiction but have been working in tech for 20 years, WHAT DO?


[deleted]

Especially in this day and age when pretty much the only people who don't use computers and the like are old people who couldn't be bothered to learn.


Orichalcum448

Fuck, turns out I am non binary lmao


Simbertold

Me too. Didn't know until now. But i guess that is how it is now.


[deleted]

The male brain sounds like it's on the spectrum.


local_cryptid_keysor

My thoughts exactly, honestly. It just sounds like they took the idea that men are more likely to get diagnosed and used that instead of just, idk, letting men and women exist however they want


kissmybunniebutt

I'm not neurodivergent, I'm a man! (The misdiagnosis of AFAB people on the spectrum is a fucking crime and this bullshit just furthers those lies. Fuck whoever made this).


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kissmybunniebutt

I was misdiagnosed with Bipolar disorder and spent a decade being pumped full of antipsychotics I never needed. All because I was socially anxious and depressed because the world didn't make any sense to me. But the doctors just saw "woman + unstable emotions = mental illness". Assholes.


MixedViolet

Same!!! And my memory seems permantly worse, plus it caused weight struggle in my supposed “prime.”


kissmybunniebutt

My memory is so useless! I always have to apologize because I have scrambled eggs for brains. I'm legit terrified of getting older cause my memory degrading more will be debilitating. My "prime" was a complete wash. I'm in my 30s now and just starting to live an actual authentic life. Needless to say I do NOT act my age.


cordialconfidant

that's what one researcher proposed autism was, the extreme male bain. a lot of autistics that aren't men hate him now haha, i'm sure u can guess why


[deleted]

I thought the same thing. I don't think most men give a shit about dates of historical events. Sounds like a special interest.


LOUDSUCC

My brain seems to be gender non-conforming


Friesenplatz

Gotta love people using misogynist stereotypes to gate keep gendered behavior like this was the 1950s


ZombieStomp

Male brain love sniff led paint


Lady_RainbowKitten

Guys famously HATE fiction like Lord of the Rings and the like /s


thesaddestpanda

I tried to turn my guy friends onto Star Wars but they’re like nope you and your silly girl brain. We’re only reading 19th century biographies.


Pradfanne

Excuse me? Lord of the Rings isn't fiction. Just because a Hobbit wrote his auto biography doesn't mean it's fiction, just because he isn't human! That's literally racist! Next you're telling me Star Wars isn't real either, huh? I mean sure, maybe some things got muddled a bit along the way, it happened a long long time ago after all, but still, it's mostly real!


SevsMumma21217

* I like to make lists. * I know better than to answer that question, ever, at all. * My reading tastes are extremely eclectic. * I always notice grammatical errors. It's a curse. * Google reads the maps for me. ​ 1. I have a hard time chatting with people I've known my whole life. 2. I'm an empath. This is also a curse. 3. I love my cell phone. I love my computer. Beyond that, if it makes my life easier, cool. But I'm not an uber fan. 4. I know nothing about art. But I know what I do and do not like when I look at art. 5. History is my jam. What does this mean????


Emjay109

Diagnosis: Brain Gender: ????????


cooltv27

I want to point out that all 5 of the points on the mens side are saying "men are..." while only 3 on the womens side say "women are..." with the other 2 saying "women are not...". that difference implies a lot about whoever made this and how they see men and women


[deleted]

whoever made this is a man who's autistic and doesn't know it yet/a woman who has a family of autistic men


[deleted]

I’m not neurodivergent and bigender presenting as transmasc, I clearly was just born with two brains. Also lmao girls don’t like to learn things other than makeup and how to write Twilight fanfiction that other stuff is for boys teehee.


[deleted]

I am true agender cause I have none of these


Asmartpersononline

New measure of gender just dropped


Iloveyouyaemiko

im both ✌️


Karel_the_Enby

Wow, I really am bigender.


a_randomgecko

ah so according to this my brain is bigender. Let's see what they think of that


[deleted]

Parts of this are like reading autism traits off a list, but if this was made by someone with toxic masculinity I do not think they would like that.


MAYNOTBEIKE

"find maps easy to read" mf i've been male my whole life and i can't read google maps correctly


[deleted]

Looks like I don't have a brain


M4j3stic_C4pyb4r4

>Focus on beauty in painting, opposed of technique The technique, in this case, is typically used to create beauty.


ChubbyBirds

It was written by someone who knows jack shit about either.


HandsomeSquidDad

You are man if you *checks points* don’t understand social cues


inevitable_snowman

Clearly, this person has the male brain because they like to make lists, which is what this is. But wait... that would mean that they prefer to read NON-fiction. So why is this made up, then????


voornaam1

People will make shit like this and then turn around to hate on trans people.


Careful_Cranberry_

I saw some "quiz" like this on YouTube when I was younger, and I was told I have a male brain. I had seen a part of some movie my step grandfather was watching, where a woman had grown a penis and became a man (at least that's how I saw it, could've been something else lol) and I was so terrified that I would become a man because the quiz said I had a male brain. I would constantly feel my throat to feel if I was growing a lump, lol. I was a dumb kid


sixTeeneingneiss

*checks to see if I still have a vagina*


blomjob

Impossible, every trans woman I know owns a gaming pc


VerilyTrans666

TIL autism=malebrained, neurotypicality=fembrained


Reznic007

My mom loves to say stuff like “oh that’s just you being a woman (or a mom she’ll say)” like when I say I wanted to get more than one cat from the shelter when I adopted my cat just a week ago. Or when I get upset that my husband puts his cereal bowl in the sink without rinsing it. How is that a woman thing???? It’s getting super annoying cuz she’s started saying it for like EVERYTHING.


Hero_of_Parnast

Source: Trust me, bro.


Jacques_Lafayette

The one that's sending me is "you have no interest in dates of historical events." I'm an historian. Of the Antiquity. In social history. I have so little interest in precise dates when it's within my period XD


No_Channel_2392

This entire infographic feels like it was made to spite autistic trans girls


KawaiiDere

Yeah, my sister is autistic and the left list applies more


PhantomOfTheOpera404

I'm neither, wtf does that make me?...


Rosiie05

3 points male, 1 female I'm literally a demigirl, what even is their logic??? Also, "lacks interest in computers" so many coders/programmers/developers I know are AFAB so-


Buffalo_Eggs

This post really opened my eyes. As a huge nerd of all things video games/history, I now see the truth: that I'm not a woman anymore.


Wizardmagedude

Well apparently I’m bigender cause I scored 2 on both sides


Electrical_Sail774

I got 4pts for male and 0 for female. I identify as a cis woman. Send help.


donteatthepurplekiwi

Bro why are like half of these back handed insults to women. The one about women not liking history is probably there because some girl didn’t want to talk to this guy about World War Two . It’s always the World War Two bitches who get butt hurt when people don’t want to talk about it for eight fucking years.


reclaimation

I stare dead into Woman with a Parasol just counting the brushstrokes for hours. There’s 9.452 of them, of course, because my male brain absorbed the pure physicality of *the technique*. Now I’m going to walk up to random women and stare at them in silence because my male brain cannot communicate with people I’ve just met, and I don’t understand when I intrude on strangers…probably why I’m banned from every public restroom in Bakersfield.


[deleted]

There are descriptions of „male and female brain“ in psychology that summarise some average characteristics. Also, male brain and female brain doesn’t mean it’s necessarily attached to a man or woman. It also doesn’t mean you have one or the other or can only have the characteristics of one This picture seems to be a bit „dumbed down“ somewhat. I’m not sure if this doesn’t make it wrong or encourages wrong interpretations.


YM_Industries

2/5 male 3/5 female Guess I really am trans, thanks for the validation.


KingdomCome0

According to this I have... A bigender brain!


PimHazDa

Maybe on pointlessly gendered it would fit better


Ok_Contract_1363

male: 2/5 female: 3/5 guess I'm a bigender now


Woloa

Thank you, whoever made this terrible and weird chart, for accidentally validating transgirls who's brains work weird.


[deleted]

4 male, 3 female. Uh oh...


egg-sactly

Guess I have a female brain. Thanks for the free euphoria!


RunFair5849

I’m enby, and I have traits of both. - I like to make lists - Maps are easy to read - I notice grammar errors - I can sense when I’m intruding - I focus on beauty in painting - I have no interest in historical events (Unless it’s important to my heritage/LGBTQ History) And I almost exclusively read fiction, so there’s that


diddlydarninthebarn

Guess I have an androgynous brain


[deleted]

Are we sure that's male brain and not spectrum brain?


gALEXy_404

"Lack of interest in technology and computers" My mother, with a master's degree in computer engineering: guess I'll just- *becomes a man*


LegosasXI

Well, according to this I have a non-binary brain. I guess a broken clock is still wrong twice a day.


Iced_Hydra

I love these comments. I also love how it slowly became a point thing, you all are amazing lol


[deleted]

I’m demiboyflux (My gender changes between male and agender), and right now I’m more towards agender, and I didn’t relate to any of these, so yeah, thanks!


Hypn0231

"Lack interest in tech computers, gadgets, etc" Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, Mary Kenneth Keller, and more would be rolling in their graves


Nikolyn10

Woo 4-2 female brained! Thank you for the affirmation, weird sexist garbage graphic.


Wandering_Muffin

... well, according to this I'm a guy, but in reality I'm an afab demigirl (in my case, girl/neutrois bigender) and autistic. Though, I prefer to read sci-fi/fantasy over non-fiction when it comes to books, the escapism is real nice. I'm not as keen on reading realistic fiction. I watch realistic fiction tv to kind of help learn about people.


Xander_PrimeXXI

#3 is a flat out lie


Puzzleheaded_Lack_71

I mean ……. at least it’s trans inclusive?


KeepCalmNSayYesDaddy

I fail at male brain and female brain then with only 3 points. I will sit in the corner and cry. (So this author is a dude?)


SiameseCats3

Oh my gosh, as a woman whose job is to read and review historical reports, including checking over the maps and documents, for grammatical issues I find this hilarious. I also have to make lists for the things to check over. They’ve literally just said my entire job is for men.


EsotericOcelot

I am most of both but that checks out because I’m nonbinary *finger guns*


MirrorMan22102018

I am a guy with Aspergers and I CAN'T make lists I can't follow through with. Stupid me and stupid tunnel vision...


Kerbalawesomebuilder

I get 1 and 2 for female, and 3, 4, 5 on male. This is such a goofy infographic cause someone obviously just took random junk and put it on each side.


netuttki

Another proof that I'm agender. I just have all of that. Exepct lists, I don't really like lists, and I have no idea if I'm intruding.


[deleted]

I only have one point and it’s in female lol, as a guy who doesn’t like to be masculine I guess it’s technically ok lmao


Crazykidd13578

i mean i’m gender fluid so i fit into both of those but it always fluctuates


Some-guy-thats-here

M1: no F1:so-so M2: no. F2: yes M3: No. F3: no M4: no. F4: so so M5: yes F5: no I’m a woman now I guess???


YourFavoriteTomboy

big fan that i match only a few things from each list. almost as if it’s bullshit


arquitur

Lol Most of this shit exactly the opposite way for me and my girl


Practical-Toe-7662

but I'm none of these things, what does that make me?


[deleted]

Clearly there’s no dyslexic men…


VermicelliHospital

Alright so I’m like a 3.5/5 for male and 2.5/5 for female so idk what this means for me


runaway-throwaway99

"are able to chat with someone you just met" *laughs in social anxiety*


memester230

Welp guess I am neither. Or both. I am bigender after all


[deleted]

I have little interest in dates and historical events AND I can spot the grammar issue in point 2 of the male brain. So does that make me an abomination?


hackedMama20

This chart just proves even in a dumb meme, I'm bisexual.


SenorDuolingo

neither of these apply to me so what now?


[deleted]

Is this guy trying to gatekeep history books?


velvel321

Why do I feel validated by this. No brain just because it says you're female does not make it good thing.


bouchandre

I’m a man I like to think about making a list, but I rarely commit to actually making them


annang

I have 4 from each column 🤷🏻‍♀️


LavendarAmy

I'm appearntly 2/5th of a man Nice


KinkyBiCatgirl

4 points male and 4 points female


FluffySeaNut

Guess I’m a trans man now. Sorry guys /s


Lingx_Cats

My brain is intersex I guess


PricklyPeridot

Well looks like I've got an enby brain


ins3ctHashira

~genderfluid brain~


ZombieTailGunner

Thank you for confirming the fact I'm nonbinary. Though at this point, saying that I'm agender seems like it's playing with fire 😂


eternalpain23

I have three traits from each list. As an enby I feel pretty validated rn even though this list is really dumb


Meaningbee8897

Me who has two points in each category *visible confusion*


[deleted]

This meme affirms my gender fluidity, which I'm sure is not its intent.


svenbillybobbob

2,1


horacioroy

It really should be labeled Masculine and Feminine traits, because we all have a little of both. I sure do.


StCecilia98

The only thing that applies to me is grammatical error detection. Not because I’m a man, but because I’m a linguist and a reading tutor.


Llamas_are_cool2

Damm I literally have none of these lol


AdeptAntelope

I have 40% of a female brain and 30% of a male brain. I guess that explains why my memory is so bad.


18hourbruh

Literally every professional editor and proofreader I know is a woman but go off


mariesoleil

What is this COGIATI shit?


[deleted]

I've come to the conclusion that I have two brains. Worship my power!


SuperCool_Dude

I lack everything. I have no brain


ChubbyBirds

I never understood the fiction vs. non-fiction thing. Both types of literature cover enormous variety of topics and focuses. Both fiction and non can be about the same subjects. To me, if the subject is something I'm interested in, then I'm interested in the book regardless of whether it's non-fiction or fiction. Also, "non-fiction" doesn't mean non-biased or even truthful. I always figured the people who make "fiction vs. non-fiction" a thing are the same people who make "art vs. science" a thing: they don't have a great grasp of either one.


TheJackTheStripper

not me getting validation from this 😭😭 my dumb trans ass will find anything to get euphoria from I swear


KaiHasArrived2007

Shit guess I'm neither ;-; (I'm a dude lol)


[deleted]

Is this satire? This is insanely specific


morithum

This is so far off even from stereotypes it almost seems like satire.


InsaneJul

Not to sound crazy or anything but I literally agree with all 10 points. What am I??????


MeleMallory

Hmm. I have things from both lists. Guess I’m definitely non-binary, then?


MailmanOfTheMojave

guess im still nonbinary then! because i have a mix of both!


tiewing

you know what fuck it im nb now this shit's too confusing like, im a dude. i don't like lists and often don't notice or make grammatical errors. i also don't particularly like computing and do enjoy art regardless of technique like god damn have they never met any guys who are social adept or gals who have interest in the sciences?


getdemvitamins

i guess i dont have a brain?


Wanderlusxt

What. ?????


EvilectricBoy

> Like to make lists Yes. > Answer honestly, when asked "Does my bum look big in this?" I've never been asked that question before. > Prefer to read non-fiction I don't have a preference. > Notice grammatical errors All the time, especially the lack of full stops in the statements in this post. > Find maps easy to read Probably. I manly use Google Maps, so I've never had any need to use an actual map. > Are able to chat with someone you just met Fuck no. > Can sense when you're intruding I feel like I'm intruding 24/7. > Lack interest in tech computers, gadgets etc. I mean, I like them. But I'm not crazy about them. > Focus on beauty in painting, opposed to technique I don't give a shit about painting. > Have little interest in dates of historical events Yes I do.


ghostraaner

Out of these 10 points, 2 applies to me and they are one of each gendered brain


FuxeyWuxey

Some of these points like both number 5s have a basis in psychology. A lot of the rest are stereotypes. Also even with the psychology ones it’s not absolutes and any gender could identify with any point. The problems start when like ever GPS and map app was programmed from the male brain perspective with street names and numbers. More recently there’s been some apps that account for the female perspective with visual landmarks


Gynther477

"Are able to chat with someone who you just met" So the poster is clearly male and autistic because no neurotypical or woman person would ever write that for the female brain lol. Is somebody going to tell him? Creating a made up gender binary won't cure the autism, he needs to practice his social skills not double down on this BS.


[deleted]

*chuckles in trans man with some qualities from each side*


ManaXed

Notice how two of the "female brain" traits are negative and all of the "male brain" traits are positive


[deleted]

I'm a mix of both and honestly, I did _not_ expect to get NB gender euphoria from this


RandomPomegranate

Literally the only one of these that applies to me is that I notice grammatical errors.


Some-Power-793

I am apparently non-binary now.


KeraKitty

Guess I'm actually a trans man. I certainly can't be a woman if I like lists and computers


AnnieAcely199

Well, 3/5 male and 3/5 female. According to this I'm non-binary. I mean, I *am* non-binary, but not because of any of this crap.