Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus is BS.

Gina Rippon, professor of cognitive neuroimaging at Aston University, has accused fellow researchers of producing scientific findings that can be used to support the old prejudice that women are not men's intellectual equals.

............

A more recent bestseller, The Female Brain, by Dr Louann Brizendine, an American academic, reaches similar conclusions and suggests that women spend most of their lives on a psychological “roller coaster” controlled mainly by fluctuating hormone levels.

Professor Rippon sees all such ideas as “patronising nonsense”.
She said: “There is increasing concern within the neuroscience community about the misinterpretation and abuse of our findings on the links between brain structure and behaviour. This 'neurohype' is designed to support stereotypes and to suggest that there is a major biological and structural difference in the brains of men and women that explains their social roles and status.

"This is nonsense. There may be some very small differences between the genders but the similarities are far, far greater.”

Click to expand...

Kaiser-Kun said:

Now that we're on the subject, I'd like to know the scientific reason for women's fascination with shoes.

Click to expand...