Are women harder to listen to than men?

[Fireyredmullet]

SO...
Supposedly when a mans brain hears a womans voice, the areas of his brain that light up with activity are the same ones he uses to decode complex sounds, like a symphony or a series of clunks in his car. Conversely, when a man hears another mans voice, the parts of his brain that light up are the parts that identify simple shapes, triangle, square, circle etc.

Does this mean women are literally harder to listen to?

Discuss.

 

[Tartarga]

Well whenever a fangirl starts talking about twilight, I often have no idea what the hell they are talking about. Something about it being good or something, sounds like bullshit to me.

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[DreadfulSorry]

SO...
Supposedly when a mans brain hears a womans voice, the areas of his brain that light up with activity are the same ones he uses to decode complex sounds, like a symphony or a series of clunks in his car. Conversely, when a man hears another mans voice, the parts of his brain that light up are the parts that identify simple shapes, triangle, square, circle etc.

Does this mean women are literally harder to listen to?

Discuss.

Where did you find this information? Just out of curiosity.

I wonder how women's brains react to the same stimuli...

 

[rockingnic]

It's actually easier for me to listen to women, as a man, than another man. I hang out with my friends (mostly guys) and I have more attention to what even women strangers, to me, are saying. i think it's because women tend to be more agreeable for me and I make the extra effort to listen because I almost find something to agrue about with most of my friends.

 

[Fireyredmullet]

SO...
Supposedly when a mans brain hears a womans voice, the areas of his brain that light up with activity are the same ones he uses to decode complex sounds, like a symphony or a series of clunks in his car. Conversely, when a man hears another mans voice, the parts of his brain that light up are the parts that identify simple shapes, triangle, square, circle etc.

Does this mean women are literally harder to listen to?

Discuss.

Where did you find this information? Just out of curiosity.

I wonder how women's brains react to the same stimuli...

I saw it on a talk show when i got up to make eggs and toast this morning. [FUCK YEAH TOAST]

 

[khaimera]

NO, I think the findings mean that men's brains become more activated when listening to a woman becuase they try harder to listen. Their focus and attention strengthen. Its probably evolutionary, or us thinking that if we act like we're listening, they might sleep with us, same difference. It would be interesting to do this study with homosexual men.

Although, I must admit that I'm REALLY biased against brain research and the bold claims it makes based on such a small amount of evidence. Take serotonin for example, it popularly known that it affects depression. What they dont tell you that its also related to anxiety, schizophrenia, motivation, attention, immune funtion, and many more. Oh, and there's more than five subtypes of serotonin that we know nothing about.

 

[NeutralDrow]

Speaking from experience, no.

I find female voices more calming, ergo more listenable.

This, pretty much.

"Difficult to comprehend" doesn't necessarily translate to difficulty in paying attention.

 

[dex-dex]

Well whenever a fangirl starts talking about twilight, I often have no idea what the hell they are talking about. Something about it being good or something, sounds like bullshit to me.

yeah I know lots of people like that and they claimed the movie was better than the book.

and I want to bang my head into a wall when hearing that crap.

even though I am female it does seem hard to listen to some girls

 

[fix-the-spade]

It's not that they're harder to listen to per se.

It's
Just
They
Talk
So
Much!

 

[Fireyredmullet]

I think some of you are missing the point. I did not postulate that i is hard to pay attention to a woman {I.E. they are boring}, i simply said that it takes the more advanced centers of the brain to decode the sounds they make into an actual communication.

 

[CK76]

I do like symphonies more than triangles, therefore I prefer listening to a women. Of course!

 

[Chester41585]

For me, yes. Maybe it's from the years of customer service work I've done, but I somehow completely tune-out women when they talk.

 

[DreadfulSorry]

SO...
Supposedly when a mans brain hears a womans voice, the areas of his brain that light up with activity are the same ones he uses to decode complex sounds, like a symphony or a series of clunks in his car. Conversely, when a man hears another mans voice, the parts of his brain that light up are the parts that identify simple shapes, triangle, square, circle etc.

Does this mean women are literally harder to listen to?

Discuss.

Where did you find this information? Just out of curiosity.

I wonder how women's brains react to the same stimuli...

I saw it on a talk show when i got up to make eggs and toast this morning. [FUCK YEAH TOAST]

Ah. Well personally I think that maybe men just perceive women to be more complex than they are. Because, you know, we are.
Or maybe it's because men are more familiar with the vocal range of other men, since that's where his own is. A woman's vocal range is different from his own, and so he needs to process it more in his brain.
But I really don't know anything about this kind of stuff, so all I can give you is my severely ignorant opinions.

Also, I would have to agree that toast is awesome.

 

[Bensavigear]

I think possibly the higher brain functions click in so that you can continue to listen while simultaneously wondering "why on earth is she telling me all this...?"