Women’s logic is a field of research surrounded by many stereotypes shown in culture. Firstly, it is separated from male logic, portrayed as imperfect compared to the opposite gender. Secondly, it is associated with stereotypical patterns of behavior associated with hysteria or the inability to use complex technologies. It is necessary to analyze this question from a scientific point of view and to understand whether the thought processes of different genders are different.
Logic is the ability to make a decision, reason correctly, solve various problems, and draw the right conclusions. It is considered that men’s logic is based on thoughts and women’s – on emotions (Brett & Wilton, 2020). Men are guided by cognition when solving problems and tasks, and women are dominated by intuitive perception. Using magnetic resonance imaging, scientists studied how people of different genders solved the same problems. The results showed that the reason was not only in the peculiarities of psychology but mainly in the different structures of the brain (Brett & Wilton, 2020). In particular, it was found that men and women differ in the ratio of gray and white matter, although they might have the same intellectual abilities (Brett & Wilton, 2020). For example, in the areas responsible for logical analysis and processing of abstract information, men have approximately six times more gray matter than women.
Besides, there are other differences between male and female brains, which explain some peculiarities of thinking of different genders. When women are solving logic tasks, mainly the areas located in the frontal lobe of the brain are activated (Brett & Wilton, 2020). These are the areas where the centers of control over movements, emotions, and speech are located. The particularity of brain structure is the reason for the high emotionality of women and their typical feature, which is a tendency to make sensual-emotional decisions rather than logical ones. In men, the logical centers are closely connected with the zones responsible for processing external stimuli. This evidence explains that men tend to weigh all factors more carefully and make well-founded logical decisions (Brett & Wilton, 2020). However, it is important to emphasize that this denotes only different ways of thinking and logic but does not indicate an intellectual advantage of any gender.
Reference
Brett, C., and Wilton, L. (2020). Handbooks of research on online discussion-based teaching methods. IGI Global.