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Podcast

SEX OF THE BRAIN

Just as many of us believe men to be more practical than women and tend to label women “thinkers” rather than “doers,” there are those who would easily claim the opposite. However, recent studies on “the sex of the brain” show that there is more to gender-personality relation than meets the eye.
To the strong opposition of feminists, the term “masculine brain,” first introduced in 1970s, has been widely used to cover such characteristics as being practical and having a tendency to act rather than think or analyze. “Feminine brain,” on the other hand, has been agreed to refer to an analytical, talkative and less spontaneous type of person. Quite surprisingly, the two terms are still used in psychology even in the times of political correctness.
A series of studies carried out over the last three years shed new light upon the issue of the relationship between sex and personality features. The research showed that there is no clear gender-personality correlation. What is more, the comparison of the results of studies carried out over the last few decades suggests that there is a steady growth in the number of men with feminine brains.
A crucial question which arises is whether sex-personality relation is the same irrespective of one’s place of living and cultural background. A study carried out in twenty different countries on five different continents tried to answer this question and produced quite surprising results. As it was shown, in the majority of countries male subjects shared the characteristics of a masculine-brained person and female subjects – of a feminine-brained one. Nonetheless, the results for two Western European countries were quite the opposite. This clearly proves that many factors other than gender must come into play when determining one’s personality features.
Research into the nature of human brains may bring contradictory results but there is at least one conclusion that can be inferred from analyzing various studies – to claim to have determined personality naturally feminine or typically masculine equals presenting a distorted and oversimplified image of humankind.

VOCABULARY
the sex of the brain – płeć mózgu
there is more to … than meets the eye – jest w tym coś więcej, niż się wydaje
gender-personality relation/gender-personality correlation – zależność między płcią
a osobowością
to the strong opposition – ku silnemu sprzeciwowi
widely used – powszechnie używany
political correctness – polityczna poprawność
to shed light upon sth – rzucić na coś nowe światło
a steady growth – stały wzrost
a crucial question arises – nasuwa się kluczowe pytanie
irrespective of – bez względu na
cultural background – pochodzenie kulturowe
to produce surprising results – przynieść zaskakujące wyniki
to come into play – odgrywać ważną rolę
to determine one’s personality – określać, decydować o czyjejś osobowości
research into – badania nad
contradictory results – sprzeczne wyniki
to infer a conclusion – wysnuć wniosek
distorted and oversimplified image – zniekształcony i uproszczony obraz
humankind – ludzkość
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