What's the difference between men and women?

Intending to simply put it as "what is sex" into Google I accidentally typed "what is the difference between women and men" and at the bottom of the screen above all the other search results there are the two boxes for man and woman with about 20 differences between them, including, men are more likely to commit suicide, women are more likely to attempt suicide. Women cry more, men laugh more. Women ask more questions, men answer more questions. Women lie more, women are better at lying, men are more likely to forgive, men are more likely to be killed by women than women are by men, etc. <br><br>What I'm getting at here is this: I've never felt I was that different to women. This is just anecdotal of course, but even my mother said she made a mistake with me and I should have been a girl. I've always been the most emotional person in the room, I've always liked to talk more than fight, I used to get my head flushed down the loo for being one of the "girly bois" in school. But at the same time I was always made aware that I am a guy. I play guys games, I'm in a guys body, I have guy friends. <br><br>So what are we really? We're animals, we're all in the human species, we can all talk to one another, we can all have sex with one another. So why do we separate ourselves so much? I know there is no such thing as "the male brain" (there's a whole TED talk on this) but men and women are different somehow, I can see that there are differences. But I believe they are less than we give credit for, and I believe that we exaggerate them, men become more masculine because we have to be, women become more feminine because they have to be. And I really don't think that we should have to be. <br><br>I believe men should be allowed to be as emotional as they want to be, to cry in public if they like, to be able to be "vulnerable" as a man, and I think women should be able to be more physical, more aggressive, more dominating. And I see these things in women, and I see these things in men, and I see them in myself. I think I'm more of a woman than I am a man, and I think there are plenty of women who are more men than they are women, I just think we're putting ourselves in boxes we don't need to be in. <br><br>So men and women, what are men and women? What is there to distinguish? When do I as a male stop being male and become female? I was born with a penis, but everything I've learned about being a man I've learned through societal norms and my mother. Are you your gender or your sex? I don't know. But I think maybe it's time we take a closer look. <br><br>Or maybe I'm just a pussy. This has been pretty rambley but thank you for reading. <br><br>Edit: I'm quite surprised and overwhelmed by the sheer amount of responses to a pretty small thing. Thank you all for the discussions, I enjoyed everything that I got to, sorry if I didn't respond to yours. <br><br>This was mostly a personal piece for myself I think, I've been trying to figure out who I am for a while, and so it was mostly for myself. Thank you to the people who shared their own experiences, or shared resources and references. <br><br>To those of you who left negative comments, thank you too. I understand it can be frustrating, and you're entitled to your opinion. Hopefully moving forward we can all be a little more understanding. <br><br>I'd like to emphasise something in regards to this, and the maddening amount of comments I got telling me what a man and woman is, is that this wasn't me asking you to teach me what you know, this was me opening a discussion on the topic. I am already very aware of what societies take on the roles of men and women is. I am well aware that biologically there is a distinction between the sex of men and women, and that women can become pregnant whereas men cannot. I am well aware that socially there is a distinction between men and women, and that we are expected to uphold different standards, men are expected to be strong, women are expected to be nurturing, etc. <br><br>But that's not what I am asking. I'm asking if you think that's okay, I'm asking if you think you can be classed as your gender or sex without upholding these expectations, does it make you less of a man if you're emotional? Does it make you less of a woman if you're aggressive? I'm asking if you think there is more to being a man or a woman than just your biological make up. If so, what does it mean to be a man? If so, what does it mean to be a woman? <br><br>I think that many of us here have the wrong impression, I'm not saying that men and women are the same, I'm just saying that I think that we as a society exaggerate their differences. I think that we as individuals exaggerate our differences, we try to fit into these roles of what a man or a woman should be, but it's just not that simple. And I don't think there's anything wrong with that.<br><br>Anyway, thanks again for your responses, I didn't expect so many and I appreciate your thoughts.