Are women better multitaskers than men?
In my experience I'd have to say yes. Women appear to be much more organized than most men. Men tend to be the one-item-at-a-time type. Although this is not always true. I have met many business men who are fully capable of multi-tasking, perhaps this has something to do with the type of work they do, where it is expected that they are capable of doing this. I think it just comes down to personality in a lot of ways.
Is it a myth that women are better at multitasking than men?
Is it a myth that women are better at multitasking than men?Thanks A2A…I think it is largely a myth that women multitask better than men.Men and women think differently, there is no doubt.A woman can walk around several projects all day long, taking small steps toward a final result… and get the jobs done.A man will have the same list of jobs and concentrate on one task at a time… and get the jobs done.The difference is that a man will be thinking about the next job to do as he is working on the one he is engaged in. He will be strategizing his best use of effort as he works on a single project.I doubt there is a significant difference in the outcome of how the jobs are completed, with perhaps one exception.The woman will fix herself a cup of coffee and carry it around with her as she does her work, being relaxed as she works. A man will fix a cup of coffee and be able to sit and relax to enjoy it, because he strategized his use of time and labor.
If it's true that women are better at multi-tasking than men, what is the evolutionary basis for that?
Total speculation on my part, but here goes:For the vast majority of human history, females stayed in the cave while men went to hunt. Consider the task of managing children, caring for the elderly, preparing the food, mending clothing, foraging for nuts and berries and making weapons. Women did all this and more.Meanwhile, men were focused on one task at a time. Kill the mastodon. Find a vagina. Fight off men who are competing for his mate. Protect the tribe from invaders.Studies have shown that females have a slight edge over men in jobs where multi-tasking is a critical skill (i.e. management careers, teaching and some medical specialties). Likewise, males have a slight edge in jobs where the focus is on one task at a time (engineering, military arts and surgery). It is no wonder, that--now that we (in the industrialized world) can each pursue whatever we want--within a few decades females will outnumber men in those fields where their gender strengths abound. That said, whatever our innate inclinations, we are intelligent enough to overcome both handicap and gender proclivities. Some men, likewise excel at multi-tasking, while some females excel at single-task focus. While we are sometimes stumped by genetics and gender, the neo-cortex trumps genetics and gender in many cases. There is little that--with enough passion and effort--we cannot excel at if we put our minds to it.
Why is it that most men cannot multitask as most women can?
Basically, men are linear beings. WE want to focus on something first. We don't want any distractions. For example, if Derp wants to buy an NBA 2k15 game, he'll go straight to buying an NBA 2k15 game, rather than visit a dozen other stores looking for shirts and handbags. If Timmy planned to fix his motorcycle that afternoon, he'll fix his damn motorcycle that afternoon. And yes, men hate distractions and deviations. This is why we hate shopping.In the case of women, they multitask better because... oh wait, I don't know anything about a woman's mind. It's still a mystery to me :|
Why are we obsessed with multitasking?
I don't multi-task because I can't do it well. I can only do one thing at a time in order to do it to the best of my ability. I'm a perfectionist. Getting something right gives me more pleasure by far than doing twenty things at the same time, in a mediocre way.
Why do people keep multitasking since it proves that it is worse than doing one take at a time?
There is such a thing as “multitasking,” but it may not be what you think. Women are actually better at multitasking than men. This is from long experience of domestic duties - child care being the first priority, which involves watching over the children while breast feeding, and also digging for roots and finding other food sources in case the hunting didn’t work out so well, and keep the home fires burning all at the same time.Men evolved to focus on one task and one task only - focusing on the game animals, watching their every move, planning their strike.I’m not making this up. I have done extensive reading on the subject.Now, what I call multitasking for example is when my ex and I had a home based business. We started it when I had 2 children, a toddler and a baby. My main job was answering the phone and booking appointments. In between times, I would put a roast in the oven or something in the crockpot, throw in a load of laundry, keep my kids entertained, do some vacuuming, change a diaper, pick up the phone, feed the cats, etc. I could also work on my counted cross stitch while watching tv in my “spare” time, and keep a listening ear for one of my children.I actually have been accused by several men of not being able to do this. It was only much later that I figured out, from my research, that men did not have this ability.Of course, there are secrets to it, which I will be glad to share with anyone who is interested.
Why do women try to control men?
All human relationships involve power struggles. Notice how a woman or a man TRIES to control her/his partner... you never see them succeeding fully. There are always disputes (whether they show through full-blown arguments or simply through cold behavior is another matter) and changes in who's got the best hand - but no one ever wins the game. There is no ONE reason for why a man attempts to control a woman or a woman attempts to control a man. You can't generalize relationships to such a degree. There are hundreds of reasons (or more) to explain a domineering attitude, but no one reason is just it for any person, since no person is that one-sided. My dad is often controlled by my mom because she is forever occupied with some problem(s), always wanting to improve upon or change something - he is content with what they have, but does what she wants to keep her satisfied. Judging from my parents' case, women are finicky and try to use "their" men to feel more accomplished or satisfied with themselves. (My mom ALWAYS gives herself the credit for "coming up with the idea" to do something, when in fact my dad does most or all of the work. What the hell?!) Obviously, there are many other reasons deemed "correct" for groups of people (e.g. all women) acting the way they do... my favorite is to blame all problems in all relationships on insecurity. Edit: Please, let's not resort to saying one sex is better than the other. There is no weak-minded, weak-willed sex - just weak-minded and weak-willed people. The disposition, intelligence, abilities.. etc. of a person has nothing to do with his or her biological sex. Oh... one more bone to pick: Women can't multitask, just as men can't. It's been proven that multitasking lowers your concentration levels. You are unable to complete the tasks as well as you would not doing them all at once. Women get in too many car accidents with their cell phones and makeup because they try to multitask. On the other hand, men try to drink and drive. It seems we're in a competition to see who's more stupid. (I have scientific evidence to back me up on those two claims, so I'm not being a hypocrite here. ;) )
Is it easier for men or women to stay slim?
It is easier for men to stay slim because they have much higher testosterone levels. However, as far as having an attractive body is concerned, it is far easier for women, because normal men are attracted to the “default,” naturally curvy figure, i.e. fat distribution, nature gave women.It may be easy for a man to stay slim, but it is certainly not easy for him to be among the top 10 or 20% of men that qualify as merely above average in attractiveness to the average woman (see the OK Cupid study), and it is even more difficult for him to rise sufficiently up the social hierarchy for him not to have to worry too much about his woman leaving him for a man with more resources or social status (never mind broad shoulders and washboard abs, which are more of a bonus where women seeking long-term relationships are concerned).It is with obvious reason, then, that twice as many women as men throughout evolutionary history have had children. Women are the gatekeepers to civilization, and young women especially have vastly more sexual power than the average man, and even above average man, could ever dream of. The recent development of monogamy (thanks to the Church) has helped redress the balance so that fewer women succumb to the materialism of chasing after the top few men, whose own materialism is expressed in being able to enjoy unlimited sexual opportunities.Young women can optimally exploit their vast superiority in the sexual market place with careful selection of partners (i.e. not squandering their power by falling for third-wave feminism) and by two or three sessions on the treadmill a week or some such other fairly light activity.The pressure on women to be thin, or to be any shape at all, comes almost entirely from other women—from fashion trends and publications created by women for women. It is the predictable victimhood mentality, programmed to generate division in society, and in this case it helps to destroy the confidence of women and get them to focus on virtually impossible and completely unnecessary standards instead of on their natural sexiness and femininity.Women and men become alienated from each other, and in the end everyone loses except the government, which adopts the role of provider of women (and protector, to the extent it screws men over in the courts) but at the expense of family values and the economic self-sufficiency of men, who pay most of the taxes.