I’ve never found women to be particularly hard to understand: in fact, I’ve often felt that it’s easier to understand the opposite sex than my own. I know there are others who share the feeling—I’m under the impression that hormone levels during fetal development have a big role in determining where on the male/female spectrum you end up psychologically. Even after you’re born, hormones have a big impact on it—the hormones you take during sex-reassignment therapy cause a noticable impact on the way you think. (Haven’t studied the topic in any depth, but I know people who have, and that’s the message I’ve gotten from them.)
As a friend pointed out, that’s reason to be somewhat suspicious of how well evpsych considerations apply to modern men and women—if much of the psychological side is hormonally mediated, then with things like taking the Pill and putting off childbirth until the early 30′s, at least the female hormonal function is going to be considerably different than it was in the EEA.
I’ve never found women to be particularly hard to understand: in fact, I’ve often felt that it’s easier to understand the opposite sex than my own. I know there are others who share the feeling—I’m under the impression that hormone levels during fetal development have a big role in determining where on the male/female spectrum you end up psychologically. Even after you’re born, hormones have a big impact on it—the hormones you take during sex-reassignment therapy cause a noticable impact on the way you think. (Haven’t studied the topic in any depth, but I know people who have, and that’s the message I’ve gotten from them.)
As a friend pointed out, that’s reason to be somewhat suspicious of how well evpsych considerations apply to modern men and women—if much of the psychological side is hormonally mediated, then with things like taking the Pill and putting off childbirth until the early 30′s, at least the female hormonal function is going to be considerably different than it was in the EEA.