Men. The weaker sex and its brain by Gerald Hüther

How does a man become a man? Or more precisely: how does what could become a man eventually become what the person in question thinks he is because of his gender? This is the question that biologist, brain researcher and best-selling author Gerald Hüther addresses in his new book.

The most important finding of brain research is that the human brain is far more malleable, more adaptable in its inner structure and organisation, than previously thought. That of men, too. The nerve cells and networks connect themselves in the way you use them. This is especially true for everything that one does with particular enthusiasm in one's life. But what is it that little boys, later semi-teenagers and finally the adult representatives of the male sex are so particularly enthusiastic about? And why do they do it?

Why is it that for many, it is often precisely that which is of such great importance that girls and women are quite indifferent to? Men are guided by different motives and therefore use their brains in a different way and thus they inevitably get a different brain. If men succeeded in not orienting themselves towards competition and rivalry, but rather in developing the potentials inherent in them, a transformation would take place on the way to becoming a man. Then there would no longer be a weak sex.

Pocketbook, 142 pages.