Why Men Cant Iron

A “fresh” look at the oldest subject of discussion ever – why men can’t iron

How it all began…

In prehistoric times men hunted for food, often alone, and women looked after children,
usually with other women. Men had to be able to find and kill animals and find their way
home again!
Women needed the ability to protect the home, to do several things simultaneously, and have
good communications skills to get on with the other women because they spent so much time
together.
As a result, men’s brains developed better spatial ability and became programmed to focus
on one specific task (for example killing a deer for winter) and to solve one particular
problem at a time.
Women developed more connections between the two sides of the brain which lead to them
being more fluent in speech, better at doing several things at once.
The PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES, because as one clinical and medical psychologist,

Michael Conner, said in his work, men and women are at least as different psychologically
as they are physically.
Men - built for physical confrontation and the use of force.
A man’s skull is almost always thicker and stronger than a woman’s. The stereotype that men
are more "thick-headed" (means “not too clever”) than women is not far from the truth This
"thick-headedness" is connected with a strong male attraction to risky and wild behaviours
that usually involve collisions with other males or cars.
Men - rely more heavily on their left brain to solve one problem one step at a time.
Women, on the other hand, have about 4 times as many brain cells connecting the right and
left hemispheres of their brain.
This means that women can focus on more than one problem at one time and frequently
prefer to solve problems through multiple activities done at the same time
Now let me move to the more complicated description of differences, the

PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES. This part of the presentation may take a longer
while since these differences are more difficult to describe.
It is crucial, though, to note that men and women need to become aware of these differences
and accept them to have a peaceful life.
Let me present you with the most common psychological differences between the genders.
Women are better with words

The two hemispheres of a woman’s brain are better connected and it makes women generally
more talkative than men.
On average women speak 6800 words a day and men only 2400.
Women solve problems by talking about them, and they will usually want to discuss the
situation and their feelings.
Men tend to interrupt and offer solutions, which isn’t what women want at all. Women want
to talk and be listened to
Men themselves don’t like asking for advice or discussing their problems. They try to solve
their problems themselves by thinking about them silently. This fundamental difference is one
of the main causes of conflict in male / female relationships.
Women get lost but are safer drivers

A man thinks that driving is a test of his spatial abilities which he has much better developed
than a woman. Therefore men love driving fast and showing off. As a result they have more
accidents than women.
On the other hand, men are less likely to get lost when driving because of their well-
developed sense of direction.
For women driving is mainly getting safety from A to B. But because of their lack of spatial
ability (or its weaker development), women tend to get lost, and they have more difficulty
reading maps. They also find parking a car in a small space more difficult, and have more
trouble distinguishing left from right.
Men don’t iron

Organizing a house involves doing several things at the same time, and women’s brains make
them better at it than men.
In an experiment for British TV six men and six women had to make coffee, wash up, make a
toast, take a phone message, and pack a briefcase in 10 minutes. The men were all worse than
the women. They are worse at seeing details which means they usually don’t even notice than
the house is dirty!
They also have lower tolerance for repetitive jobs such as ironing. Of course men should do
their share of the housework, but they will always do it in a different, and perhaps less
efficient way than women.
Men can’t find things

Men can see very well and far in one direction, but they don’t see things on either side, and
don’t see as well closely as women do. This explains why men can never find things in
fridges, cupboards and drawers.
Women have much wider peripheral vision than men which explains why a woman always
seems to find what a man usually can’t see.
Women don’t fly planes

Although some jobs today are still dominated by one or the other sex, it is not because of
sexual discrimination, but basically because men and women are attracted to different jobs.
It is logical that men are fascinated with careers where spatial skills are very important, such
as engineering, architecture, construction, rocket science and flying (only1% of pilots are
women). Also the grater amount of testosterone in men’s brains means that they are more
attracted to jobs which involve risk, such as the stock market or Formula One racing.
On the other hand, women’s superior verbal skills explain why interpreters and foreign
language teachers are largely women. Generally speaking they are attracted to professions that
require verbal ability, e.g. writing, acting, journalism and counseling.
As you have read, there are deep differences between males and females and those differences
are programmed within the DNA from the moment of our existence, in the womb.
Our brains are different, our bodies are different, our skills and abilities are different and
women are from Venus and men from Mars.
But – these differences are integral to our existence; they make our lives worth living (even if
sometimes we wish to be on a desert island alone!).
Questions:
1. Why men don’t iron?

2. Why are women better at languages?
3. How do men usually solve conflicts?
4. Enumerate the most important psychological differences between the genders.
5. What do you agree with?
6. What are the pros and cons of being born as a member of your sex?

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A “fresh” look at the oldest subject of discussion ever – why men can’t iron

How it all began…

The PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES, because as one clinical and medical psychologist,

Men - built for physical confrontation and the use of force.

Now let me move to the more complicated description of differences, the

Women are better with words

Women get lost but are safer drivers

Men don’t iron

Men can’t find things

Women don’t fly planes

1. Why men don’t iron?

3. How do men usually solve conflicts?

4. Enumerate the most important psychological differences between the genders.

5. What do you agree with?

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