Catching Idle Butterflies

Another DUH! moment.

Another interesting article made Yahoo's Most Viewed stories this morning: http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060420/sc_space/emotionalwiringdifferentinmenand...

The basic premise is scientists discovered men and women think differently. And they have proof!

Well sit me down, tie my hands behind my back and duct tape my mouth shut lest I go berserk! I never would have guessed such a thing! (read sarcasm here).

Now don't get me wrong. I have no problem with studies like this, especially when they discover the biologic and chemical differences in the sexes. That will only help in doctors treating their patients, especially when it comes to brain disfunctions. Like the article stated, one particular drug effects women differently than men. Better understanding only helps scientists cure their patients that much quicker.

But to make it sound like a profound discovery is what made me shake my head. Anyone with the remotest ability to observe boys and girls, men and women know already they think and act differently -- as they're supposed to! (But that's another subject entirely, and I don't have the time to write about it).

One particular line cracked me up: "Throughout evolution, women have had to deal with a number of internal stressors, such as childbirth, that men haven't had to experience," said study co-author Larry Cahill of the University of California Irvine.

Men never experience child birth? I never would have guessed!