I’ve heard this statement a few times — that men tend to have “tunnel vision” while women supposedly have stronger “peripheral vision.” I’m curious if you guys think there’s any truth to it, or if it’s just another stereotype. Have you noticed this in your own life or relationships?
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Ive never heard this statement before.
It’s a stereotype referring to the tendency men have to hyperfocus on specific things in life while women tend to be able to be more perceptive/handle more things at the same time.
Hunting v Gathering
I have never heard anyone say this. Sounds like just another way to anger one gender or the other.
Was it said by someone who has never seen a woman tunnel vision her way through the makeup section of Sephora? The frickin target could be burning down around her and my wife will be studying, intently, two products that are essentially the exact same thing.
That isn’t a man or woman thing, I can do the exact same thing if I am working on something of interest or importance to me. It is more a commentary on how we STILL, in 2025, can’t break free of non-scientific and silly ideas about the differences between men and women.
it’s a reimagining of the whole ‘i just want men to listen, not fix it’ routine. present a guy with a problem and that’s where the focus goes. sort the shit out, move on, why waste time on it. girls need to incorporate how yes, it’s a problem but liz doesn’t like it and her mum’s not well anyway so she’s in a bad mood and did you hear what she said to claire last saturday that really pissed jess off who just got a new job at that place that jeremy was talking about and a whole bunch of other wholly irrelevant shit that has nothing to do with anything. it’s peripheral shit – everything around the point without anything to do with the point.
so now men have tunnel vision.
I’ve never heard someone use those words exactly, but I think I get the gist of what it’s trying to say. I think there’s a grain of truth to it, but like all blanket statements doesn’t apply to everyone/every situation.
I have heard that women do have better peripheral vision than men, and that’s how they know when you’re looking at their butt.
People who have antiquated beliefs on what ancient human hunter/gatherers were like usually say dumb shit like this.
Evolution. Men needed to pay attention to the hunt and not get distracted.
Women needed to mind a wider range of activities that involved child rearing. So broader perspective.
Never heard of it
Could it have something to do with why women are typically better at multitasking?
I think it is a metaphor.
Men have “tunnel vision” in the sense that we see specific issues and work to address those in isolation of other issues.
Women have “peripheral vision” in the sense that they can see the broader context of issues and work to address them all.
Definitely just a stereotype and I wouldn’t put any weight in it.
It just sounds like some more senseless sexist tripe. People have been coming up with more of these lately. It’s really annoying. Just ignore them, my dude.