Men’s minds have both good and not-so-good features. Strengths are that men can camp in their dominant side and pretty much ignore the other side. So a left-brained man can spend all his time developing the thoughts and logic associated with whatever he is working on. This is why most of the world’s best known scientists, mathematicians, theologians, and researchers are male. While there are plenty of left-brained women who make any of these endeavors their excellent life’s work, the best producers are usually male.
The same is true of right-brained men. Because they can just live in their creative and emotional side, most of the world’s best known chefs, artists, musicians, and comedians are male. Of course, there are plenty of women who do excellently in all those occupations, but the shining stars are usually men.
Let us remember that every strength has a weak side and any strength overused becomes a weakness. We all tend to concentrate on our strengths and ignore our weak features. When a man camps in his logical side, it is difficult for him to hear the emotional side of a thought, and even more difficult to understand it. When a right-brained man spends all his time being creative, he has problems applying logic to his plans and thoughts.
Everyone uses both sides of their brain at different times, but men tend to focus on either the logic or the emotion of a situation and have problems putting the two together. However, both the logical and emotional sides of a position, when considered together, constitute the full truth of where one really is on an issue. Because of the low number of neuro-connectors between the halves of the brain in men, combining the two can take several hours to a day and sometimes more.
So men, don’t try to argue with a woman. She will always win. Her mind puts thoughts and feelings together at lightning speed. Yours does not. Instead, thoroughly hear her position on an issue and respond with something like, “I get where you are on this. I’m not quite sure where I am on it. I need some time to think it through”. Then stop talking and give yourself that time. For this writer, it takes just about overnight. And women, when he says that, you stop trying to convince him. He’s not going to get it then. Give him the time to think it through. Just stop talking about it.