Why is male and female handwriting different

Although men seem to be the superior sex in many aspects of life sorry ladies , there is one area in which women seem to always prove their dominance; handwriting. They seem to form letters more clearly and simply have superior overall quality. Studies have shown that men tend to use only one side of their brain specifically the left side for verbal reasoning while women tend to use both sides of the brain for visual, verbal and emotional responses.

Therefore, women usually begin to speak and read earlier in life than men and are generally better when it comes to verbal skills, for example, learning a new language or attacking higher level reading. They tend to have a much stronger grasp on spelling and grammar, thus the reason why they excel in handwriting. On a more general and less scientific note, society does place a large emphasis on females and the importance of them being beautiful in everything they do.

Girls are traditionally taught that it is important to be pretty in any way possibly, including penmanship. They are also simply more methodical in their work, making every detail as perfect as can be. In contrast, males place significantly less emphasis on looks, and they obtain the notion that work is to be done swiftly and efficiently without concern for how good it looks. And, evidently, it is socially acceptable for males to have less than average handwriting simply because well, they are boys.

By: Lizzie Brooks. Identifiable Differences Males and females do tend to have identifiably different handwriting. Masculine Handwriting Transsexual Road Map's website describes the handwriting of English-speaking males as "hurried, uneven, messy, spiking, sloping and bold.

Feminine Handwriting Transsexual Road Map's website suggests that English-speaking female handwriting is often "neat, even, round, small, ornate and symmetrical. Word Choice Another element of graphology is word choice. Barriers to Effective Verbal Types of Cheating in a Relationship. In some ways it is unfortunate that writing style has such deep socio-cultural roots — made writing badly a badge of honor for boys and independent-minded girls.

Perhaps now it could be treated as a skill and prized by all. I remember thinking at a young age that my handwriting should have the precision of a typewriter and size?! I also lived with my grandparents- grandfather was a surgeon. Result: tiny, illegible scratchy cursive. Print looks great albeit small. In where I live there is no expectation at all for girls to have a neater better handwriting, still they write better!

In my family, I — female- and my sister, have way better handwriting than our three brothers! Your email address will not be published. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Back to top. What are the genders of the below writers? One of each? Because of these notions, women may subconsciously apply this to their handwriting in order to satisfy this expectation. Men on the other hand are thought to be more careless in regards to being neat, presentable etc.

Therefore subconsciously they do not apply this to their handwriting and therefore have a different style then women, who may feel they need to write a certain way.

This is all just a hypothesis based on the notions of graphology, but I feel this could be another mechanism as to why men and women have different handwriting. This blog post was so interesting! I thought your explanation of social norms influencing how women write versus how men write was really interesting as well. I found this to be really interesting. I have always wondered why people write the way they do. I personally have horrific hand writing. I have seen three specialists to have them asses and aid me with my handwriting.

It is much improved in comparison to where it once was, but my family still thinks I have the penmanship of a doctor.

I feel that this also connects to a later post about left v. I think there is an interesting connection to be made between the two.

This was a really good idea for a post! I agree with your conclusion that women may subconsciously put more effort into their handwriting because they think that it should look nice. I think I definitely do that. When taking notes in class, I tend to write slower to make sure my writing looks neat and organized.