carrien wrote: “…the tone of the piece is meant to be a little tongue in cheek… …I’m not man bashing, as you will notice if you read comment #3.”

Perhaps you should mention this in the text of the article itself, so that those who do not take the time to read the comments are not offended.

Shalet wrote: “My husband will be thrilled to learn there is a biological reason for his inattention. Now he’ll have all the excuses in the world!”

Your attitude of superiority is sickening to me. I agree with carrien when she says that “[men and women's] opposing strengths compliment each other.”

Bob wrote: “If a website did the same thing with roles reversed (Women are brain damaged because of estrogen, they can’t help being weak and helpless), you would be clamoring about sexism.”

An excellent point, though when you go on to surmise that you might also hit a woman if you were in a similar position, I can’t say agree at that point.

Hans wrote: “Man, all that extra brainpower and you girls still can’t park properly? What a waste..”

Hans, while I understand that you are offended and hurt by the content of this article, I would suggest that we should not fight fire with fire, but rather build bridges with members of the opposite sex. After all, we’re all human, first and foremost. We’re all on the same side, here.

I’m not man bashing, as you will notice if you read comment #3.

And Bob, for the record, I am not a feminist. Not in the common understanding of the term anyway. I don’t believe women should try to be the same as men. I believe that we have inherent differences between genders, biological and psychological, and that our opposing strengths complement each other. I don’t want to be treated like a man. I want to be respected as a woman by men and women alike.

Next, be understanding if he says ‘Hang on a sec.’ Let him finish the sentence he’s reading, or the thought he’s in the middle of.

In addition to being able to gain his whole attention this way, you frustrate yourself and your spouse less. Simply put, be polite! It pays dividends.

Lastly, I prefer to consider it “focus.” It can be a good thing! Learn to let him use it as an advantage to things he’s doing, just as multitasking can be an advantage in the ways you do things. Use strengths, work around weaknesses.

I guess that means I have more “jerk” synapses firing than normal, eh? ;-P

Seriously, though, we need to recognize and celebrate our differences, and in doing so we need to look to how we can help each other meet expectations.

I wanted to focus more on how this difference affects communication. Especially from a woman’s perspective as many woman aren’t aware of it.

Thanks for bringing it up.