Ever wondered why the great scientists, philosophers, musicians and painters are mostly male? All you can come up is a feminist view that women are not given enough chances. They are suppressed and harassed and maltreated by men. However I found out a fact which might as well be another reason.
*Males have 26 billion neurons in their neocortex while females have only 19 billion (Neocortex is a part of brain that is involved in higher functions such as sensory perception, generation of motor commands, spatial reasoning, conscious thought, and language)
*Males have more grey matter in their brain while females have more white matter (Grey matter consists of the neurons while the white matter is just the nerve fibres)
(from My Brilliant Brain, National Geographic Channel)
P.S. Im not a masculist or something but a fact is a fact. Sorry ladies :-)