Remembering the Forgotten Differences of Men and Women: A Comparative Study of Jordan Peterson’s debate, John Gray’s Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus and the Selected Quranic Verses

Abstract

Gender differences and their depiction has been a rich debate for last few decades in Gender Studies. The current paper aims at exploring differences between men and women To begin with Jordan Peterson’s claim that men and women are not the same and would not be the same; but it does not mean that women should be treated unfairly. Next gender differences in John Gray’s Men are from Mars Women are from Venus is discussed to explores differences between men and women in terms of language, psychology, stress handling. Lastly the gender differences are viewed from the Quranic perspective. The study concludes that man and woman are made to be different with distinctly different spheres of action and performance.

Keywords

• gender
• differences
• essentialism
• martian
• venusian
• personality traits
• quranic verses.