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This paper discusses sex differences in perceptual skills. The writer discusses the most prominent disparities between men and women. The writer suggests such differences in the areas of spatial skills, mathematical reasoning, target-directed motor skills, inferring intentions and detecting the feelings of others. In this paper, the writer examines these differences and looks at possible reasons.

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"Rhoads argues that it is time for people to start taking sex differences seriously. Rhoads makes the case that increasing scientific evidence is showing that differences between men and women are hardwired into their biology, ranging from the subtle e.g. men get a chemical high from winning, while women get one from nursing, to the profound, women with high testosterone levels are more promiscuous, more competitive and more conflicted about having children than women with average levels of testosterone. While there are many ... "

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