Poll: Men Vs. Women : Rationality

[Agayek]

Is anyone else laughing at the large amounts of irrational people who are saying men are more rational than women?

Ha ha. I know I am.

It's pretty well documented, as of 4-5 years ago, that men are naturally inclined to be more rational/logical than women, who tend towards intuition and emotion.

Does that mean there are no irrational men or logical women? Not at all. All it means is that the average male will be more logical than the average woman.

It certainly isn't irrational to state something supported by science (or so I remember, I can't find any decent studies on the issue one way or the other on the first page of a google search so I'm not gonna bother going any deeper).

 

[EeveeElectro]

Men, because women never say what we mean. You know the whole "It's fine" means your fucked, "Nothings wrong" means your fucked, "we'll take later" means you're fucked.
That's why I tend to befriend men, they just come straight out with it, whereas women don't have the balls to say things to your face in my experience.
I'm the freak in the relationship when it comes to arguing; my boyfriend will be trying to calm me down or something, and I'll be in his face for a while then not talk to him for a few days. I am quite irrational in general though, and sometimes he is just as bad.

 

[Something Amyss]

Is anyone else laughing at the large amounts of irrational people who are saying men are more rational than women?

Ha ha. I know I am.

Well, they're probably mostly men. They can't help it.

 

[IronicBeet]

Is anyone else laughing at the large amounts of irrational people who are saying men are more rational than women?

Ha ha. I know I am.

Well, they're probably mostly men. They can't help it.

One positive trait of men, however, is that we don't use those annoying emotes at the end of our sentences as much as women.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

At a rough guess, differing chromosomes would have no difference on verbal technique. That's more often down to education and schooling, which would depend on social cues rather than gender.

That being said, rationality is subjective anyway.

 

[SwagLordYoloson]

Why does no one on this site ever include hermaphrodites ?

On topic now, from my experiences i have found all 6 year olds to be irrational, all 21 year olds to be irrational and all 50 year olds to be irrational, regardless of gender, thats why im going on a quest for coin and cleavage

 

[Outright Villainy]

I've never known anybody to be particularly rational in an argument. The idea that some gender is somehow more rational is, in fact, hilarious. Simple pandering to the 'stoic male' stereotype vs the 'fickle, irrational woman'. Sorry, it's BS.

Exactly. Arguments have idiocy on both sides, all the time, everywhere. Either gender can be stubborn and headstrong, or fickle and irrational.

Men and women are equally idiotic in arguments.

 

[DanTheMan92]

From experience, a woman can irrelevantly go for low-blow insults and you'd have to hold back when argueing; unless you want a bunch of people jump you a week afterwards.

I'd tried to forget this, but here's the most I can recall. A girl and I got into an arguement about the continuity of an anime, I think it was Naruto(GOOD GOD, I cant believe I watched that crap). I brought up logical trivia and research to support my viewpoint (I get serious when I'm into something, and all she did the whole arguement was saying "Yes it is" louder and louder (Once again, I completely forgot what I was arguing about), and she would insult my appearence, intellegence, and family issues(cause she knew about that and wanted to use it as her "trump card"). Her friends gladly interfened. I kept from yelling to the point where all everybody heard was thier screeching voices. What really gets it in my ass, is when people are saying that she's winning the arguement, because she is louder and has more conviction. But, as a pathetic attempt to get that assumption wrong, I continued not to yell, and I got to a point where I got her to a verbal checkmate. Then at that point, she started swinging. There was no bruises, but I could taste blood. And the hell of it is that everyone around me, even the fucking athorities, that it was humorous. Then I shoved her, called her a psycho ***** and she fell on some chairs. The entire place was silent. Shortly afterwards some burly men grabbed me and threw me out of the building. The girl wasn't hurt. I wasn't submisive after that night, like the girl, her friends, and my parents thought I should be. So 5 days later, what looks to be her brother and his friends cornered me shoved me around and told me to "stop using my smartass mouth" after I said "yeah" the most badass way I could, they walked away. And I stood clear away from her, then I moved away.

Of course, I can't difine an entire gender stereotype by one example. But this is just one example. this happened multiple times, with different women. I've moved 8 times in my life, and I've lived in most sides of the spectrum: North, Midwest, South, Big City, Small Town. And it's basically the same.(Although the south has a bigger issue with this in general.) I don't know, maybe I'm just that unlucky with finding groups of women. Maybe it's one huge coincidence. I don't know, but I'm just speaking through experience. No offence.

At the same time I'd have men do the same thing, but you'd don't have to be aware of there emotions as much.

I voted for both. for different reasons though, the reason I voted for the women part is explained it this guys comment, so true. So, so true. Women claim to want equality, but yet you can't even shove them off you for when they do go "psycho" and start mouthing off. And for men, because plain and simple they get to a point when explaining something instead of turning it into a huge discussion.

 

[the_pleasure_is_mine]

Both sexes can be very irrational, and both sexes have the ability to be rational.

However I have argued with far more irrational women than men.

In most of my arguments/debates, roughly 50% of guys arguments were irrational in some form (ridiculous arguing point/ too much emotional investment/ chav) but girls were more like 75%.

That's not an exact science, just personal experience, I have difficulty admitting I'm wrong, but I can do it when I've been outright proven wrong.

However I have completely proven a girl wrong with hard evidence that showed she was completely in the wrong with no hope and she simply said 'I don't care' and continued arguing some fleeting point that I had instantly stopped caring about.

 

[Something Amyss]

One positive trait of men, however, is that we don't use those annoying emotes at the end of our sentences as much as women.

God yes. If there's one thing I cannot stand on the internet, it's the tendency to actually express one's self in a method that can be readily determined.

Why does no one on this site ever include hermaphrodites ?

On topic now, from my experiences i have found all 6 year olds to be irrational, all 21 year olds to be irrational and all 50 year olds to be irrational, regardless of gender, thats why im going on a quest for coin and cleavage

Probably because intersexuality is a rather rare trait. That and the topics tend to be silly enough that they rarely consider anything outside a gender binary.

 

[dragonslayer32]

Women tend to hold grudges and bring something up from a year ago in an argument (personal experience here) and men are focused on the point of the argument, so I'll say men.

 

[PurplePlatypus]

Generally speaking.
Men construct arguments point by point and women tend to look at a bigger picture while constructing one.
The assumption seems to be that just because an argument is more quickly to the poijnt it is more rational or logical. This may not be so. I also suspect women?s arguments are sometimes seen as less rational, not because they necessarily are, but because of misunderstandings due to these difference in thinking between men and women.

Humans on a whole are rather emotional creatures, logic and rationality doesn?t come too easily for any of us.

 

[Daipire]

I prize myself in my logic.
I'm going to be an accountant or a financial planner.
I also have problems with emotional responses.

I'd have to say while men do infact have emotions, these do not affect judgement as heavily as hat of a females.
We do not express emotions as easily, we make decisions more so based on the facts present.

Men are more rational.
Because we are actually robots, beep.

 

[Madara XIII]

Hello everyone. Seeing as how this is my first thread, I decided to try to come up with something interesting.
This is based on an observation I had been unintentionally taking over a year or so, but my question to you is this:

Which gender is more rational in a verbal dispute in YOUR opinion or in YOUR experience? Male or Female?

NOTE:
(I say VERBAL dispute, because if things have gotten to the point of a PHYSICAL one then majority of all rationality has left.)

Thank you for your time!

Quick question, What kind of arguments are you talking about exactly?

Well now that you ask...Well darn, usually the ones I might consider would be in misunderstandings.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

From my experience, I'd have to say there are always factors depending on that individual. Especially how they grew up and even more so, different cultures.

However (puts metal armor on), I do feel men tend to act more 'rational' depending on environment. You'll find men will probably become irrational in a home-setting, rather then out-in-public. Unless harshly provoked to the point of snapping from severe emotional distress. Probably for fear of the inevitable public stigma that surrounds their emotions. That doesn't exactly make them better, just more aware of their surroundings when an argument ensues; because of how they'll be treated. Some women keep quiet as well out of sheer embarrassment of causing a scene, but, I've found a lot will argue and act overly-emotional.

My Mother was a prime example of throwing a world-class hissy fit in public and provoking my Father at the top of her voice. She was asking for him to just try and get a word in edge-wise. My Father was subdued and kept his cool because of his embarrassment and being aware of his environment. She assumed she won the fight by provoking him in a place where he couldn't really argue back the way he wanted to; but I'd say my Father was the real winner by not making a complete shit out of himself.

I'd have to agree - that men (not all, but a majority) seem to be the most rational in that regard.

(Dodges anger-spear thrusts) BUT, women are EXPECTED to act emotional and a lot of us are raised with the belief that our emotions (some over-emotional reactions,..yeesh) are always okay; because of our gender. I get the feeling from most women I know, that men are just supposed to cower away from us until we settle down because that's just the way women are, and that's a load of horse-shit. I learned to keep my cool in arguments and tense moments, and to think before I speak or act.

It really comes down to the individual, man and woman, to learn and make the distinction, and to learn to control their own emotions. To decipher between the best way and the bullshit; and be aware of how it's making the OTHER person feel. Some learn, some don't. And some learn when it's far too late.

That's my two cents, at least. Well , more like five dollars, but, *raspberry*