One thing that is very important to understand about manliness is the difference between men and women. I’m not talking the obvious differences, though those are important, too. Over time I’ll talk about lots of differences; particularly those in how we think.
When we were wired, guys were give the ability to focus on one thing very intensely. Women were given the ability to focus on lots of things at the same time. This is why when a guy is trying to make spaghetti, the smoke alarms often go off, while women have no problem with this. Likewise, in a situation that requires intense focus, like a car spinning out of control, a woman might struggle to control emotions and have trouble remembering how to fix the skid, while many men would quickly steer into the skid.
Many of us had a dad or at least uncles/grandpas who would sit intently looking at a television screen watching the game and wonder if he would notice if the house caught fire. Many of our mothers would read a magazine, while talking on the phone while cleaning the sink while making dinner.
It all has to do with how our minds work. I recently heard a podcast from Focus on the Family talking about the differences and the analogy they used was very helpful. Think of your mind like a computer running windows. Guys always run programs maximized. They take up the full screen and anything else that might be running is minimized to the toolbar.
The female desktop is an interesting thing. Their desktop features multiple windows arranged so that they can keep up with all of them at once. Sometimes when they close one, it pops right back up. The problem with this is that it keeps them from narrowing to one window very effectively.
These differences can help guys to understand how women think.
A manly man makes an effort to understand how other people, especially women, think.
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