An Inquiry into the Possible Existence of Internal Differences Correlated With A Morphological Dimorphism in the Terrestrial Species Homo sapiens, with Some Considerations of Methodology

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Paige Cunningham, Rachel Derber, Ariana Lamb, Jessica Miller, Kate DiFelice, Kate Kaczmarek, Faye McGrath, Crystal Nicodemus, Cassandra Phillips, Sonam Tamang, Ariel Velez, Cindy Zhan, and I.M. Cogito

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Background

Humans exhibit morphological differences which, while overlapping, tend to subdivide the species into two identifiable groups ("female" and "male"):
Size (height, weight)
Shape (curviness)
External genitalia
Many humans readily identify each other (and themselves) using the dichotomous terms "female" and "male"
Anthropological observations suggest the possibilty that females engage in substantial internal information processing ("thinking") prior to their actions, whiles males may not

"men tend to have less common sense in atacking obstacles, they just plow right over then (or off them) to solve the problem. Women tend to think about the obstacle, approach it cautiously, and reason out the best way to overcome it"
"females tend to think things through and consider all the consequences/view all options before acting, whereas males tend to act on their initial thought/reaction. This is why men are usually more direct and agressive than women ..."
"females tend to think more about what they do and males tend to act on impulse"

Hypothesis to be tested:

Females think, males don't