Why men don't iron?

During the last fifty years psychologists have made us believe that differences between men and women are mainly the result of traditional social “conditioning” i.e the way we are brought up.

According to the theory women can be trained to do jobs that men traditionally do, and men can and should be in touch with his “feminine side”, more communicative and emotional, and should do the ironing.

According to recent scientific research, gender differences exist because men’s and women’s brains work completely differently and their biological differences mean that they can never think or behave in the same way.

Try this experiment: read a passage aloud from a book or magazine. At the same time, tap on the table with one finger, and try to maintain a constant speed. Do this first with your right hand and then with your left hand.

If you are a woman, you will be able to maintain a constant speed with either hand. Men however, when tapping with their left hand, will slow down.

This is one of the many experiments which proves that men’s brains are in compartments, with verbal abilities on the left side and spatial abilities on the right. For women, however, verbal and spatial problems are dealt with on both the left and right sides of the brain.

Are you a perfectionist?

We live in an imperfect world, yet we are constantly given the message that everything should be perfect: our homes, our garden, our children and ourselves.

According to scientists, this obsession with perfection is one of the main causes of stress and depression nowadays – nobody ever thinks they are good enough.

But is doings things perfectly a positive thing? Some experts are not so sure.

I would like to write in my post about one example of “perfection”.
It would be about a perfect housewife.

So, she keeps her house in perfect order, thinks about everything her partner might want and makes an enormous effort to keep herself fit and fashionable.

She is always busy and is admired by everyone who knows her.

But, according to specialists in stress, the reality is that her partner is probably wishing he lived with somebody who was more relaxed and would let him put their feet up on the sofa in the evening.