Why is it that mostly women..

believe in psychics?

 

mother's intuition?

 

A lot of women do believe they have a strong intuition on some subjects. Maybe this is one of them?

For my own sake, I know there is no scientific evidence to say that psychics are real; but just a couple of weeks ago I went to one. I think it was more of an experiment and fun: trying something mystical that if true would make the world really interesting and magical. Demons and magic... I think it's great we have such imaginations

Also, even though the psychic didn't say anything I didn't already know, it was good to have someone tell me the obvious when I'm in a rut.

 

men tend to be more logical and women tend to be more emotional, as a generality of course. so i would assume that has something to do with it; men look toward what makes sense and women look toward what makes them feel good.

a lot of women also seem to think horoscopes mean something.

 

idk, I've always found horoscopes to be WAY off or eerily accurate - never anything in between

 

Not sure the answer to your question op but I feel women's intuition is no longer a real phenomena. Not sure if it ever was but with women integrated in the workforce they seem just as oblivious as men now.

 

Seconded.

 

I think that women's intuition was always a bunch of hooey; one giant case of the confirmation bias.
Mother's intuition on the other hand..

The logical/emotional thing is the reason I find for most gender differences; but I think the "feel good" part could be a lot more of the reason for psychics. (And Lifetime, and most women's 'literature')

 

because psychics are more often than not, female?

 

it's because they're crazy

 

Because they are retarded?

j/k

 

:argue:

 

Hmmmm... the usual sexist bullshit on here. Surprise surprise.

We all have intuition and psychic bonds, men deny that they have it, but they do.

 

I mean, any thread that asks a general question about a group is going to have some -ist posts.

I don't think anyone here said that men don't have intuition, but "women's intuition" is generally highly regarded, especially among women, where as "intuition" isn't as much; and being that we are talking about a social phenomenon, I think you can see the importance of reputation

 

This is a very interesting thought but i really don't know why, stupidity? hope? fuck knows.

 

i've been called psycho lotsa times
not psychic though
darn

 

I don't think it is true.
It's probably 55-65% of both men and women.
It probably started when women had to find something to do with their time while the men-folk were in the smoking rooms measuring their penis' or down pit and what not.
For a bit of fun they would have séances and physic readings etc (well, it beats knitting).
Because this tended to be just for women, women were thought to believe this more than men.
It's the same type of social-norm that suggessts women prefer pink and boys blue, when only 100-150 years ago this was the complete opposite.
Boys were associated with and wore pink and girls were associated with and wore blue...
I imagine in another 100 years, on some kinda forum, somebody will be asking: "Why is it mostly men...".
I could be totally wrong, though. :biker:

 

I've seen statistics that say 90-95% of psychic's clientele are women. I've seen other statistics that suggest most of the others are gay men. It's well known about women seeing psychics and how chic it was in America at the turn of the century.

This is a genetic thing, actually.

And gender norms and roles can change, but they aren't all socially imposed.

 

Women are just more gullible/trusting.

 

If the study represents todays preference, then it could still be down to how the sexes have been pigeon-holed over time.

Why was it chic?
Why did they go at the turn of the century?
What about, say, 300 years ago?

As for gay men, perhaps a little bit of a red-herring.

Regarding the difference in color preference.
Why is it still a soft blue and a soft pink...rather than say a dark/light green and a dark/light red?
Why is it only light blue and light pink we see represented for feminine and masculine?
Why is the study favouring the same split in preference and not supporting the notion it is towards a particular spectrum and another (encompassing a variety of colours)?
Why is the study with people over the age of 20?
Why not do the same study with babies, who don't have the same experiences and influences already inflicted on adults?
If they did that I would be impressed and admit defeat.